Question 1. What recommendations can you provide to make the described leadership style effective within a large organization?
Question 2. One of the greatest challenges of an effective leader is to have all members on the same page once the decisions about the how and who have been made. How can you accomplish that? Support your response with references.
Question 3. As a leader, I would always have an open door for employees so that I can get to know them, but I don't have to know all of their personal life.
Elaborate on the above statement and support your response with references.
Question 4. Elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages of organizations that are customer friendly organizations?
Question 5. Robert stated regarding (democratic) leadership. This particular leadership style "consists of managers and employees working together to make decisions...many progressive organizations are high successful at using a democratic style of leadership that values traits such as flexibility, good listening skills and empathy" (Nickels, McHugh, & McHugh, 2008, p. 14).
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the democratic leadership, based on this description provided above?
Question 6. Assess the following statement: "Leaders are challenged to synthesize large bodies of data to create a reasoned and rational strategy to guide team performance."
Question 7. What has been the influence of this course on your Transformational Leadership Style? What has changed since you started the class? How and why did it change?
Question 8. There must be a balance between handling both people and tasks for a manager to be an effective leader. The LPC (least preferred coworker) contingency model can help determine the "relationship between leadership effectiveness and a trait measure" (Yukl, 2006) of a manager.
What can you benefit from understanding the LPC?