Boundaries for Leaders Ultimate Extreme Review Quiz

As mentioned in Chapter 1, Dr. Cloud notes that when leaders lead in ways that _________, good results follow as well.

• capture attention

• people's brains can follow

• make rational sense to them

• have worked in the past

In chapter 1, CEO Chris had a bad habit of not being involved enough and failing to really lead his team and people for good stretches of time, only to then swoop back in with what his team came to call intermittent __________________.

• micro-downbursts

• micro-slamming

• micro-shutdowns

• micro-degrading

In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: What you _______ and what you _________.

• expect; prepare for

• create; expect

• demand; allow

• create; allow

An example of setting a positive boundary as a leader is ?

• setting limits on confusion and distraction

• making sure nothing exists in their culture that against the vision and the drive for results

• prohibit practices and behaviors that sow the seeds of a toxic emtional climate

• helping people define what they have control over that will drive results and empower them to take action

Which of the following executive functions is not specifically mentioned as one of the three essential processes?

• attention

• inhibition

• task initiation

• working memory

Toxic, confusing distractions are different from the necessary ________ distractions that are often required to reach "aha" moments.

• big brain top-down focus

• getting away from it all

• bottom up mental set

• detailed fixation

____________ has/have been shown to broaden people's range of thinking and responses, enabling them to become better problem solvers, more open to new inputs, and more efficient and productive.

• clear directions

• positive emotions

• functional fixedness

• mental sets

There are two human drives mentioned in chapter 4, ________ and ________.

• connection; aggression

• competition; connection

• compassion; aggression

• connection; anger

The first thing that conection does is______________.

• establish a way to move forward

• mitigate the effects caused by "lizard brain"

• develop executive functioning

• establish boundaries

Which of the following is not mentioned as one of the ingredients that build connected unity?

• emotional perception

• emotional regulation

• emotional reflection

• emotional repair