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1. Of all the examples of leaders that you read about in this and other books, which leader (in your humble opinion) had the best leadership style (and one that you would either follow or emulate). Please explain.
2. How is it that an unethical leader can gain control over his/her followers and assert radical negative changes to the organization?
3. How do leadership styles affect decision making in an organization? Does the size of the organization make a difference?
4. How does team leadership differ from traditional leadership with the organization?
5. How can team leaders and members use the team leadership model to help make decisions?
6. What cultural considerations must be considered when leaders are in a multicultural environment? What does it take for a leader to be a true multicultural leader?
7. Do you feel that there are differences in leadership styles based upon gender? Why or why not?
8. What advantages do you see in the situational leadership approach? What determines the leader’s style (or behavior)?
9. In examining the various leadership models, what is the leader's role in ensuring that the team is functioning at the highest level?
10. Why are conceptual management skills more important to upper management than to supervisory level managers?
11. What must occur by the follower for servant leadership to take place? Why would the concept of servant leadership work better at an organization such as Wal-Mart?
12. In what types of situations would peer group coaching be effective? Explain.
13. What do we mean by organizational culture? Give an example of what organization has the most successful organizational culture.
14. Can the charismatic leadership style be learned, or is it ingrained in our DNA? Explain.
15. How do leaders use communication to influence and persuade others?
16. In order to survive in the 21st century, what is the best way for leaders to adapt?
17. Give an example where the authoritarian leadership style would be most effective.
18. Give an example where the laissez-faire leadership style would be most effective
19. Do you feel that it is a leader's responsibility to help people find meaning in their work? Explain.
20. Most large organizations have used transformational leaders to institute the necessary changes that the organization needs to adapt in order to survive. What makes transformation leadership so successful?