What do you consider your own strengths and weaknesses for a leadership position?
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Leadership in Organizations – Week
#4 Questions
1.
What do you
consider your own strengths and weaknesses for a leadership position?
2.
How might a
leader deal with a subordinate who is perpetually
rude, insensitive, and disrespectful to others?
3.
Why is it so hard
for people to change their assumptions? Discuss specific reasons why
leaders need to be aware of their mental models.
4.
Consider
your followership habits and style, as well as what you expect from your
leader. Discuss the following questions in your post:
As
a leader, what would you want most from followers?
As
a follower, what would you want most from your leader?
How
do these differ?
How are they the same?
5.
Discuss the
stages of team development. As the leader of a virtual team, how would you
facilitate the team's development through each stage?
6.
Lord
Acton, a British historian of the late 19th century, said that,
"Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts
absolutely," suggesting that a person's sense of morality lessens as his
or her power increases. Discuss this idea.
Do you agree that power corrupts? Can you provide an example?
Considering this idea, is it ethical for leaders to try to
increase their power?
7.
A management
consultant said that strategic leaders are concerned with vision and mission,
while strategic managers are concerned with strategy. Discuss whether you agree
or disagree with this statement.
8.
Is the world
really changing faster today, or do people just assume so?
