Leadership: Key Concept Quiz

Leadership may be defined as...

• a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

• the action of leading a group of people or an organization.

• the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.

• the ability to use one's time effectively or productively, especially at work.

KC #1 - The Telescope Principle: "Learning to lead begins with your ___________________"

• Opinions

• Self

• Heart

• Mind

KC #2 - In the "Iceberg Principle", 10% above the water represents your skill whereas the other 90% below the water represents your

• Skill

• Decision making

• Character

• Heart

KC #3 - The Starving Baker: "Leaders must feed themselves before feeding ______________"

• Others

• Their pets

• Into negativity

• After dinner

KC #4 - The Coffee Bean: Life is like a pot of boiling water. Three items represent a person's reaction to that water... what were they?

• Coffee bean, carrot, & bread

• Carrot, egg, & carmel

• Salt, pepper, & ginger

• Carrot, egg, & a coffee bean

KC #5 - Thermostats vs. Thermometers: Thermometers reflect the emotional temperature, whereas thermostats __________________________________

• Have an impact on others

• Do the same thing

• Set the emotional temperature

• Reflect the emotional temperature

KC #6 - Burning Your Ships: Why did Hernan Cortes burn his ships before beginning his conquest of South America?

• Create a powerful motivation to succeed

• He wanted to make the other soldiers laugh (they didn't)

• It was an accident that destroyed his military campaign

• Create a powerful visual that "it only takes on spark"

KC #7 - Drawing the line: "If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for ________________________"

• Evil

• Good

• Nothing

• Anything

KC #8 - The Toothpaste Principle: "Words are like toothpaste, _____________________________"

• You never know what you're going to get

• They cannot be put back into the container

• They help prevent gingivitis

• They have a small impact on other people

KC #9 - The Cherokee Right of Passage: When the sun would rise in the morning, what was the first thing that the young Cherokee boy would see?

• The sunrise

• His mother

• His father

• Nothing