Anticipating Problems and Effective Leadership
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What is the key characteristic of a speak-up environment?

  • Discouraging comments and participation
  • Discounting bad ideas
  • Rewarding only the best ideas
  • Welcoming comments and encouraging participation (correct)

What should leaders avoid promoting to encourage others to speak up?

  • The concept of sharing multiple solutions
  • The belief that their ideas are always right
  • The belief that they always have the best answers (correct)
  • The idea of being open-minded

What strategy involves sharing ideas informally before formally implementing them?

  • Questioning approach
  • Socializing ideas (correct)
  • Coaching method
  • Authoritative leadership

What should leaders strive to do as they seek to solve problems?

<p>List as many solutions as possible (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a bias for action emphasize?

<p>Taking tangible, deliberate steps forward (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does actively looking for opportunities in every problem involve?

<p>Seeing opportunities and lessons in every problem (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the potential danger of spending too much time on problem-solving?

<p>Thinking 'Ready, aim, aim, aim' but never firing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does fostering an environment where the best idea wins lead to?

<p>&quot;Buy-in&quot; from staff members (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should leaders avoid being when encouraging others to share ideas?

<p>&quot;Commanding&quot; figures (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the essence of seeing opportunity in the midst of a problem?

<p>Finding potential in difficult circumstances (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should leaders strive to do as they seek to solve problems?

<p>Pursue multiple solutions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What strategy involves sharing ideas informally before formally implementing them?

<p>Socializing ideas (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key characteristic of a speak-up environment?

<p>Celebrate the creative (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does fostering an environment where the best idea wins lead to?

<p>Many good ideas lead to great ideas (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a bias for action emphasize?

<p>Develop a bias for action (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the essence of seeing opportunity in the midst of a problem?

<p>Improving your life and leadership (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the potential danger of spending too much time on problem-solving?

<p>Ready, aim, aim, aim, but never fire (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should leaders avoid promoting to encourage others to speak up?

<p>Belief in always having the best answers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should leaders avoid being when encouraging others to share ideas?

<p>Possessing a narrow view (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does actively looking for opportunities in every problem involve?

<p>Developing a bias for action (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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