Are you an aspiring great boss? Or perhaps you've already been told by staff that you are one of the greats.
If so, good for you! In either case, here's a chance to see if you know the answers to ten questions related to what great bosses know. I drafted this quiz with a combination of serious purpose and a little fun. The questions are multiple choice, and there's really only one right answer for each one.
So, let's see how you do. The ten questions are below -- along with a link to the correct answers along with lots of other resources for you on each of the topics in the questions.
The Great Bosses Quiz:
1. The most effective feedback from managers to employees is:
a. Serious and scary
b. Specific and sincere
c. Sweet and sour
2. Emotional Intelligence is:
a. Essential to effective leadership
b. A touchy-feely waste of time
c. An unreleased single by Hall & Oates
3. Micromanagers are:
a. Shorter than average managers
b. Rarely appreciated by staff and likely to impede employee growth
c. Beloved by all
4. Managers who are good coaches for staff know their most important tool is:
a. The question
b. The whistle
c. The deep breathing exercises
5. Everyone likes money. But it’s important for managers to understand that motivation involves much more than extrinsic rewards like cash. Especially important are intrinsic motivators such as:
a. Envy, greed, sloth and gluttony
b. Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy and Dopey
c. Competence, autonomy, purpose and growth
6. When managers apologize, they:
a. Sound like wimps
b. Should spread the blame around
c. Gain respect for holding themselves accountable
7. Performance management succeeds when supervisors:
a. Set clear expectations and priorities and provide ongoing feedback
b. Leave employees alone to figure things out
c. Use fear and humiliation to keep people on their toes
8. Change initiatives often fail because of:
a. Employees who are too lazy to change
b. Bad luck
c. Ineffective leadership regarding the education, emotion, motivation, collaboration and communication involved in change
9. To build a strong, cohesive team, managers should:
a. Emphasize shared values and goals, build trust and reinforce cooperation
b. Order people to get along or else
c. Identify enemies in other departments and gang up on them
10. People become great bosses by:
a. Strategically sucking up to powerful people
b. Getting an MBA from an impressive school
c. Using their values, skill, power and influence to help others succeed
Think you have the right answers?
Click here to the full column on Poynter.org to find out!
Are you an aspiring great boss? Or perhaps you've already been told by staff that you are one of the greats.
If so, good for you! In either case, here's a chance to see if you know the answers to ten questions related to what great bosses know. I drafted this quiz with a combination of serious purpose and a little fun. The questions are multiple choice, and there's really only one right answer for each one.
So, let's see how you do. The ten questions are below -- along with a link to the correct answers along with lots of other resources for you on each of the topics in the questions.
The Great Bosses Quiz:
1. The most effective feedback from managers to employees is:
a. Serious and scary
b. Specific and sincere
c. Sweet and sour
2. Emotional Intelligence is:
a. Essential to effective leadership
b. A touchy-feely waste of time
c. An unreleased single by Hall & Oates
3. Micromanagers are:
a. Shorter than average managers
b. Rarely appreciated by staff and likely to impede employee growth
c. Beloved by all
4. Managers who are good coaches for staff know their most important tool is:
a. The question
b. The whistle
c. The deep breathing exercises
5. Everyone likes money. But it’s important for managers to understand that motivation involves much more than extrinsic rewards like cash. Especially important are intrinsic motivators such as:
a. Envy, greed, sloth and gluttony
b. Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy and Dopey
c. Competence, autonomy, purpose and growth
6. When managers apologize, they:
a. Sound like wimps
b. Should spread the blame around
c. Gain respect for holding themselves accountable
7. Performance management succeeds when supervisors:
a. Set clear expectations and priorities and provide ongoing feedback
b. Leave employees alone to figure things out
c. Use fear and humiliation to keep people on their toes
8. Change initiatives often fail because of:
a. Employees who are too lazy to change
b. Bad luck
c. Ineffective leadership regarding the education, emotion, motivation, collaboration and communication involved in change
9. To build a strong, cohesive team, managers should:
a. Emphasize shared values and goals, build trust and reinforce cooperation
b. Order people to get along or else
c. Identify enemies in other departments and gang up on them
10. People become great bosses by:
a. Strategically sucking up to powerful people
b. Getting an MBA from an impressive school
c. Using their values, skill, power and influence to help others succeed
Think you have the right answers?
Click here to the full column on Poynter.org to find out!
Are you an aspiring great boss? Or perhaps you've already been told by staff that you are one of the greats.