LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Dimensions of Strategic Leadership

Chapter 12

A Question/Answer Session by Uzair Usman

Copyright(c) 2012 Uzair Usman. All rights reserved

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*Get in Groups with your best friends

*This is Not A Quiz or Class activity
*You will not be Marked for this
*You can Designate one leader to speak for the
group
*The winning team would be Judged by Mr.
Nauman on the quality of their answers and
Participation.
*Winning Team members will get a Gift!
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Q.1 Who is Your Favorite Business Leader?

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Q.2 Do you think you are a Good Leader? If yes,

Why? what are the abilities you have?
If no, Why? What are the abilities you lack?
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Q.3 Leadership Means Responsibility. Are you

willing to take responsibility?
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Q.4 What Kind of Leadership Style do You

prefer? Autocratic or Democratic?
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Q.5 How much does education play a part in

making someone a good leader?
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Q.6 Who makes a Better Business Leader? Men

or Women?
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Q.7 Should a Leader have a long term strategic

view of the company or should he rather
concentrate more on the day to day affairs of
the organization?
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Q.8 Who makes the Strategy of an organization?

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Q.9 Does the Personality of a Leader Influence

his decision making Process?
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Q.10 Upper management of a company is in a

leadership role. How do you think this role is
any different from other leadership positions,
such as a team Leader, Marketing Head or
even your father?
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Q.11. Some Business leaders like to seek new

challenges, adopt to changes and love to
innovate all the time-While some business
leaders try to avoid change and try to remain in
a familiar territory.
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Q.11. (a) How will these Personality traits effect

their decision making process and the strategy
of the company?
(b)In your opinion, which one of these would
be a better business leader?
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Q.12. Some Business leaders like to Control their

employees and be in charge all time. Very
bossy-On the other hand some leaders do not
like to control people. They like to give
objectives and guide people to achieve these
goals by influencing them not controlling them.
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Q.12 (a) How will these Personality traits effect

their decision making process and the strategy
of the company?
(b)In your opinion, which one of these would
be a better business leader?
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So from these previous discussion, the two

themes of 'challenge seekingness' and 'Need
for control' can result in four types of Leaders

1. High need for control, Challenge Seeker

2 High need for control, Avoids Challenges
3. Low need for Control, Challenge Seeker
4. Low Need for Control, Avoids Challenges
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THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

Read Chapter no. 12 in detail because your

assignment is coming from this chapter! Very
important

Uzair Usman's Session over and Mr. Nauman will

take over now.
 The end!
Dimensions of Strategic Leadership
Chapter 12

A Question/Answer Session by Uzair Usman

Copyright(c) 2012 Uzair Usman. All rights reserved