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CAP Leadership Chapter 2 Questions
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Define the term "self-management" ✔✔The process of directing and controlling your actions so that you can achieve your goals in life.
Defend the idea that good leaders need to develop self-management skills ✔✔Defend the idea that good leaders need to develop self-management skills
Describe the concept of a "future picture" ✔✔A way to set goals by imagining a clear and compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future.
Outline the steps used in the goal setting process ✔✔1) Dream big
Identify a specific goal and write it down
List the steps needed to reach the goal
Get help and support from others
Work toward your goal, one step at a time
Reward yourself along the way and when you complete your goals
Describe the benefits of setting personal goals ✔✔Goals give you a sense of mission, a rudder; a meaningful purpose. Having goals helps you focus your time, energy, and talents on activities that propel you forward
Defend the idea that leaders should follow a process as they make decisions ✔✔A process is useful as it helps you ensure you won't overlook an important aspect of your problem.
Identify and describe the 7 steps used in the ethical decision making process ✔✔1) Stop, think, and define the problem. (Don't make a foolish decision under pressure and without knowing exactly what the problem is.)
Get the facts. (Have adequate information to support an intelligent choice, and differentiate between facts, opinions, and assumptions.)
Brainstorm and list options.
(Build a list of possible solutions without judging them. Seek help from others.)
Weigh the options. (Consider pros, cons, and consequences of each choice, and consider effect on stakeholders.)
Consider your values. (Make an ethical decision. If reported in the news, will you be proud or ashamed?)
Decide and act. (Pause if you can, talk with those you respect.)
Describe ways leaders can become more efficient ✔✔Pay attention (take notes, listen carefully, ask questions) Come prepared
Focus on goals (turn down distracting opportunities)
Do it right the first time
Sequence work efficiently
Maximize uptime, limit downtime
Define "procrastination" ✔✔Putting off for no good reason a task that can be done right now
Describe reasons why people procrastinate ✔✔Fear of failure, uncertainty about what to do, not knowing where to start, the task is unpleasant, desire to do more "fun" tasks
Describe ways to overcome procrastination ✔✔Consider peace of mind (freedom and good feeling when task is done)
Break the job into small pieces
Jump right in
Publicly commit to the work (scheduling makes it hard to turn back)
Use rewards
Describe useful tools in managing your time ✔✔Keep a calendar
Wear a watch
Keep a notepad to record assignments
Create "do lists" (prioritize tasks)
Make a time inventory (write down exactly how you spend time)
Allow for flexibility and fun to prevent frustration and unhappiness.
Define "stress" ✔✔The body's response to change.
Describe how stress can be both positive and negative ✔✔Positive: in time of danger, stress increases adrenaline to quickly dodge a threat, it also energizes and pumps you up to achieve more
Negative: can be annoying, if unchecked, stress will harm the body, paralyze your efforts, and drive toward dangerous behaviors.
Explain why leaders need to be able to manage their stress ✔✔A leader's ability to exert self control is always on display. If your team believes you cannot manage your own stress, they will lose faith in your ability to lead.
Eat well. Junk food can excite an depress the body.
Sleep well: 9-10 hours per night for teens.
Describe the consequences of not being able to cope with stress in a positive way ✔✔People w/out coping skills are more apt to turn to drugs and find themselves in a pattern of failure. Affected mood frustrates success in everyday life, therefore inducing more stress.
Define "team" ✔✔A collection of individuals who are committed to working together to achieve a common goal.
Defend the idea that diversity makes a team stronger ✔✔Great teams use individuals' special skills to their advantage: one person's strength overcomes another's weakness.
Explain how team members look to one another for leadership ✔✔They pass info to each other, encourage their fellow teammates, and solve problems together rather than waiting for the leader's directions.
Describe why team spirit affects the team's ability to perform ✔✔A sense of team spirit builds trust, making members eager to cooperate and unafraid of making compromises as they work together.
Define "synergy" ✔✔The idea that by working together they can achieve more than each individual could on their own.
Identify 4 characteristics of good team players ✔✔Self-discipline
Selflessness
Enthusiasm
Loyalty
Explain why team members must possess self discipline ✔✔The discipline to follow directions makes members dependable.
Defend the idea that teamwork requires sacrifice ✔✔Putting the team's needs ahead of your own and helping complete the work is necessary to achieving team goals.
Explain a team member's enthusiasm can affect the team ✔✔Enthusiasm is contagious: if one member is positive, it will spread to the team.
Compare listening to hearing ✔✔Listeners do not merely hear sounds: they focus on meaning. Hearing is passive, listening is active.
Identify reasons why people might not listen well ✔✔Thinking about what to say next, hearing what we expect to hear, not paying attention, and being prejudiced.
Describe ways you can become an active listener ✔✔Prepare (focus on speaker, stop talking)
Adjust to the situation (work to overcome impeding factors)
Focus on key points
Pay attention to verbal and non-verbal cues
Think in context
Take notes
Confirm the message
Identify the main goal of communications ✔✔Not just to receive sounds, or see words, but to share meaning.
Describe why feedback is important in the communications process ✔✔It takes place when you return a portion of the message the speaker sent, therefore both people know you understand each other.
Identify and describe 3 levels of questions ✔✔What? (Basic facts and data)
Why? (To understand the subject on a deeper level)
How? (Explore a topic's relationship to another: see the issue in context)
Defend the idea that leaders should be lifelong readers ✔✔Reading is a good way to gain knowledge and develop leadership skill.
Define the concept "critical reading" ✔✔The process of examining, analyzing, and evaluating me writer's message: finding a meaning in a text.
Identify and describe the steps in the SQ3R method ✔✔Survey (pre-read to know what to expect and get more out of the text)
Question (turn titles and heading into questions to find author's emphasis and direction)
Read (and take notes)
Recall (what you just read to ensure understanding)
