6 Team Leadership Practice and Reflection Online Quiz Questions

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A clear decision must be made by the leader alone.

A clear decision can incorporate input from people closest to the work.

A clear decision should be postponed until everyone agrees.

A clear decision does not need reasons if it is communicated quickly.

A brief helps the team learn from the outcome.

A huddle helps the team adapt its plan.

A debrief is used to assign the initial plan.

A brief helps the team agree on a plan.

State the decision.

Explain the reasons for the decision.

Assign responsibilities.

Specify when the team will check progress.

Wait to assign responsibilities until the outcome is known.

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Check whether the team understood the goal, plan, and responsibilities.

Consider whether relevant information and concerns were invited.

Review whether decisions used clear criteria and were communicated with reasons.

Check whether workload was monitored and commitments followed through.

Judge the process only by whether the final outcome was successful.

Tell the colleague publicly that they have lost motivation and prescribe a solution.

Speak privately, describe specific observations without labeling, and ask open questions.

Wait until the colleague misses another deadline before asking what is happening.

Assume the workload is the cause and reassign their tasks immediately.

Communicate the decision, its reasons, who is responsible, and when progress will be checked.

Communicate only the decision; explaining responsibilities can wait until problems arise.

Give each team member a different version of the decision to match their role.

Avoid setting a check-in time so the team can adjust without coordination.

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Publicly remind the colleague that missed deadlines affect everyone, then assign a solution.

Speak privately, describe specific observations, ask open questions, and listen for possible barriers.

Assume the colleague has lost interest and reduce their responsibilities without discussion.

Praise the colleague’s past contributions and wait to see whether the missed deadlines continue.

State the preferred outcome and ask the team to work out responsibilities as they go.

List the available resources and ask the team to choose when to revisit the plan.

State the decision and reasons, assign roles, and set a time to check progress.

Assign roles first, then share the decision only if the team asks for it.

Choose the request from the person who most strongly insists it is essential.

Compare consequences of delay, deadlines, dependencies, and affected people, then explain the trade-off.

Divide the team equally between both tasks, even though capacity is insufficient.

Begin the task that arrived first and postpone discussing the other request.

State what is known, make the best justified choice available, and set a point to revisit it if new information appears.

Wait until every uncertainty has been resolved before making any decision.

Make a quick choice without explaining the uncertainty, then avoid changing course.

Ask the team to decide without identifying what evidence could change the decision.