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1. The ultimate focus of self-leadership is the ______.
a. mind
b. body and actions
c. mind and body
d. mind and actions
2. Within the comprehensive self-framework, all of the parts of self-leadership have
direct relationships with the “Mind and Body”, except for what?
a. world-altering strategies
b. redesigning your mental world
c. team self-leadership
d. natural reward strategies
3. Key elements of self-leadership include ______.
a. strategies to impact physical world and meta-physical world
b. strategies to impact physical world and leading ourselves within a team
c. strategies to exercise control over ourselves and control the physical world
d. beliefs and control over team leadership
4. The primary concerns of self-leadership are our ______.
a. behaviors and concerns
b. behaviors, thoughts, and concerns
c. behaviors, thoughts, and emotions
d. emotions and thoughts
5. Which of the following are not included as an element of success in our personal
effectiveness?
a. satisfaction with our teams
b. satisfaction with work
c. satisfaction with ourselves
d. satisfaction with our lives
6. Surrounding oneself with pleasant pictures on the office walls is an example of:
a. behavior-focused strategies
b. natural reward strategies
c. constructive thoughts
d. world-altering strategies
7. If Jen frequently uses positive self-statements and imagines desirable experiences in
the future, she is engaging in self-rewards at what level?
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a. physical level
b. mental level
c. physical and mental levels
d. neither physical nor mental level
8. If Tom uses lists of pending tasks as a guide to monitor his own progress, he is
engaging in what form of self-leadership strategy?
a. self-reward
b. self-observation
c. changing dysfunctional beliefs
d. removing negative cues
9. If Tom only thinks about the unpleasant parts of his job, what type of thinking is he
engaging in?
a. desirable pattern of thinking
b. undesirable pattern of thinking
c. obstacle thinking
d. behavior thinking
10. If an individual lives their life in a disorganized and haphazard manner, it is likely
that the individual ______.
a. actively engages in self-leadership
b. does not engage in self-leadership
c. focuses on tasteful aspects of job
d. expects work to be pleasant
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Neck, Self-Leadership, 2e
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11. If an individual can reasonably accomplish what they set out to do with their lives,
we would say that the person is ______.
a. being ineffective
b. engaged in self-leadership
c. not engaging in self-leadership
d. being personally effective
12. Greater personal effectiveness will likely result from positive perceptions of ______.
a. self-leadership
b. self-esteem
c. self-efficacy
d. self-reward
13. What is an instrumental part of our level of personal effectiveness?
a. our behaviors
b. our actions
c. our self-leadership skills
d. our complaints
14. What do we do as effective self-leaders?
a. recognize the dependent relationship with the world
b. recognize the world affects our behavior
c. recognize we create a personal world
d. recognize we are influenced by others
15. Which of the following are manners in which an individual could be viewed as being
personally effective?
a. accomplish what they set out to in their lives
b. develop a health belief in their capabilities
c. develop a fairly stable satisfaction with life
d. all of these
16. Which type of personal effectiveness can be impacted by mastering self-leadership
skills?
a. current performance
b. future performance and current performance
c. past performance and current performance
d. past performance, current performance, and future performance
17. Effective use of self-leadership can lead to an increase in:
a. positive perceptions of self-efficacy
b. personal ineffectiveness
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c. unmotivated behavior
d. self-leadership
18. Our level of effectiveness in dealing with our world in our perceptions of our own
ability to overcome the situations and challenges we face in life is ______.
a. self-esteem
b. self-leadership
c. personal effectiveness
d. self-efficacy
19. If Joe experiences success in a difficult situation, his perception of his self-efficacy
will tend to ______.
a. improve
b. be undermined
c. suffer
d. not be impacted
20. Increased positive perceptions of self-efficacy can be a result of ______.
a. personal effectiveness
b. actions
c. effective self-leadership
d. the world
21. Two intermediate stages between effective use of self-leadership strategies and
successful performance are ______ perceptions of self-efficacy.
a. intelligent behavior and thinking and negative
b. intelligent behavior and thinking and positive
c. unintelligent behavior and negative
d. unintelligent behavior and positive
22. The process of helping others develop and practice systematic effective self-
leadership is ______.
a. self-leadership
b. SuperLeadership
c. external leadership
d. participative leadership
23. The four ‘Ss’ of twisted leadership do not include ______.
a. self
b. super
c. single
d. shared
24. Procedures for managers to help employees better manage themselves include:
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a. setting a good example
b. guidance
c. reinforcement of self-leadership
d. all of these
25. Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement of self-leadership
effort?
a. Your outlook has really improved.
b. You need to set goals for yourself.
c. You need to use positive rewards.
d. You need to not think in dysfunctional manners.
26. If Bob is assisting others to become their own primary source of goals, rewards,
work enjoyment, opportunities and more, he is engaging in ______.
a. self-leadership
b. participative leadership
c. SuperLeadership
d. external leadership
27. The ultimate goal of SuperLeadership is ______.
a. to increase your own self-leadership
b. to increase others self-leadership
c. to increase your positive thoughts
d. to increase team self-leadership
28. Shared leadership involves ______.
a. being on charge of the planning and the work
b. making the decisions for everyone
c. engaging knowledge, skills, and abilities of others
d. being influenced by others
29. Socially responsible leadership focuses on?
a. personal, environmental, and professional outcomes
b. team, environmental, and financial outcomes
c. social, organizational, and individual outcomes
d. social, environmental, and financial outcomes
30. The process by which persons are connected to sophisticated monitors of the
human bodily functions that provide feedback regarding physical processes is ______.
a. biofeedback
b. mental feedback
c. physical feedback
d. living feedback
31. In the future, self-leadership research will need to ______.
a. tap the unconscious processes and powers of the mind
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b. continue the emphasis on physical behavior
c. continue the emphasis on mental behavior
d. continue the emphasis on physical and mental behavior
32. The ultimate in personal effectiveness in the future will likely be advanced by an
integration of ______.
a. world, behavior, conscious thoughts, and deeper recesses of mind
b. world and behavior
c. world and conscious thoughts
d. world, behavior, and conscious thoughts
1. All the relationships between self-leadership strategies and the “mind and body” are
reciprocal relationships.
2. The key components of a comprehensive self-leadership framework include world
altering strategies, individual strategies, natural rewards, and team self-leadership.
3. Personal effectiveness can be measured in the same way for all individuals and is not
influenced by self-leadership strategies.
4. Self-efficacy does not play a role between self-leadership and personal effectiveness.
5. The concept of SuperLeadership is a process that involves effectively leading
yourself, so you ultimately lead others to lead themselves.
6. The subconscious levels of the mind have already been studied in conjunction with
self-leadership.
7. If self-leadership techniques of goal-setting and self-reward are done, increased
enjoyment of work will result.
1. Explain how multiple variables in self-leadership work together to form a
comprehensive model. How do the natural reward strategies, team self-leadership, self-
imposed strategies, a redesigned mental world, and the “mind and body” work together
to influence effectiveness.
2. What is personal effectiveness and is it the same for all individuals? How can each of
the different self-leadership strategies potentially influence an individual’s personal
effectiveness?
3. Describe what self-efficacy is and what role that it plays within the self-leadership
framework, between self-leadership strategies and personal effectiveness.
4. Describe the concept of SuperLeadership. How does this concept relate to individual
level self-leadership and how does self-leadership relate to the broader discussion on
leadership?
5. The research on self-leadership has yet to fully tap into the power of the mind. What
are some ways that self-leadership research could tie to these previously unstudied
areas of the mind?
