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1. Give a specific example of how you have exerted leadership on or off the job in a situation in which you did not have a formal leadership position. Explain why you describe your activity as leadership.

2. Identify a prominent Pakistani business leader who you think is 'highly effective.' Choose a leader who is currently active in business or industry and is also well known to the faculty members and the average educated person in Pakistan. Do NOT select obscure personalities from your own organization or your own family, community, or acquaintances. Explain in very specific terms why you think he or she is 'highly effective' as a leader. Support your answer by giving relevant references to concepts presented in the text.

3. Top-level leaders of major business corporations receive some of the highest compensation packages in the workforce. This is true in Pakistan as well as the developed world. Explain in very specific terms why business leaders are paid so much. Discuss at least three reasons

4. Explain how being highly self-confident in a given leadership situation might not be an advantage. Discuss at least three reasons.

5. 'Authenticity' is an indispensable quality for leaders. What would lead you to conclude that a leader was non-authentic (phony)? Discuss at least three reasons.