Leadership Quiz

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You have recently taken over as the production manager in a manufacturing company. You have a team of 10 engineers who report directly to you. Ajay and Ritwik are two engineers with degrees from coveted technical institutes and with an experience of 8 and 10 years respectively. Both of them are known to be committed and non-political workers. Other engineers have less than 5 years of experience and are average performers. You called all the engineers for the meeting on fourth day of your joining and discussed what your plans are for meeting ever increasing production targets. Meeting seemed to have gone well with you having defined action plan and time lines. You start noticing after a few days that while all other engineers have improved in performance, Ajay and Ritwik seem to be listless and uninterested. They seem to have lost interest in the work. What do you think could be the reason?
- A.
  
  Ajay and Ritwik didn't accept you as a Boss
- B.
  
  The action plan drafted by you had some problem and they didn't like it well
- C.
  
  They might have attitude issue
- D.
  
  Ajay and Ritwik are competent workers and don't require detailed directions.
- E.
  
  They might be having personal problems
Correct Answer
D. Ajay and Ritwik are competent workers and don't require detailed directions.

Explanation
Situational leadership lesson : Team members who are high on competency don't require detailed directions. They need to be involved in decision making and then should be left to deliver the results. In case their confidence and committment level is low they might require the leaders support in raising the motivation level.

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You are the VP of marketing department. You have several teams under you that cater to different products of the company. Recently you decided to change the organization structure which will require shifting of people from one department to other. You are making a list of things that you should do before the change. What would be your topmost priority?
- A.
  
  Understand how could the reshuffle affect the social dynamics of the team.
- B.
  
  Tell the team that you are going to implement the change but are yet to decide on the new structure.
- C.
  
  Implement the structure and make sure that no one knows about it beforehand.
- D.
  
  Make the structure and share it with the team.
Correct Answer
A. Understand how could the reshuffle affect the social dynamics of the team.

Explanation
Organization change is a technical change but it might affect the social dynamics of the system. You have to be very careful not to disturb that. Go ahead with full participation of the people being affected.

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