3.3 Board attributes

Question 1

What are the 3Cs within the “board attributes” quadrant of the 11Cs model?

Answer 1

Competence
Commitment
Character

Question 2

Director competence can be diefines the cluster of related k__________, s_______ and a________ that affect a major part of one’s job, correlated with performance, measures against well-accepted s_______, improved by t_______ and development

Answer 2

knowledge
skills
attitudes
standards
training

Question 3

Director competence can be split into:

1 S_______ role competence (e.g. Chair role versus NED versus ED)
2 G_______ leadership competence (i.e. traits every director should have to lead)

Answer 3

Specific

General

Question 4

Leadership competence is most essential for which board role?

Answer 4

The chair

Question 5

Daniel Goleman identifies four elements of emotional intelligence:

self-a_________
self-m________
awareness of o_________ (empathy)
s______ skill

Answer 5

self-awareness
self-management
awareness of others
social skill

Question 6

Professor Margaret Parket Follet:

“L_________ is not define by the exercise of p____, but by the capacity to increase the sense of power amond those l__.

Answer 6

Leadership
power
led

Question 7

What does VUCA stand for?

Answer 7

Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity

Question 8

Increasing levels of director c____________ and the uplift in s_______ have made person r_________ a prerequisity for sustaining performance in any senior leadership role.

Answer 8

commitment
scrutiny
resilience

Question 9

Define resilience.

Answer 9

The process of adapting well in the face of threats or significant sources of stress.

Question 10

As the external environment changes, there is a need for leaders to a____ at p____.

Answer 10

adapt at pace

Question 11

Define learning agility.

Answer 11

A mind-set and corresponding collection of practices that allow leaders to continually develop, grow and utilise new strategies that will equip them for problem solving.

Question 12

Research has identified 4 enabling behaviours for learning agility:

1 i__________ - questioning the status quo, challenging assumptions, seeing things from other perspectives

2 p________ - immersing yourself in the experience, observing, listening, processing data.

3 r_________ - gaining feedback and raising self awareness

4 r________ - taking progressive rather than thrill seeking risk that stretches

Answer 12

innovating
perfroming
reflecting
risking

Question 13

What is cultural intelligence?

Answer 13

The ability empathise with broad groups of others, as part of national or corporate cultures.

Question 14

What is digital intelligence?

Answer 14

The ability to be curious and have an open mindset about technology.

Question 15

Personality traits are commonly broken down into the “big five”:

1 o\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to experience
2 c\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
3 e\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
4 a\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
5 n\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 15

openeness to experience
conscientiousness
extraversion
agreeableness
neuroticism

Question 16

What is a growth mindset?

Answer 16

A belief that intelligence can be developed, leading to a desire to learn.

Question 17

Research on motivation suggests that it is not the q________ but the q______ of motivation that is important

Answer 17

quantity

quality

Question 18

We are all motivated by four basis human needs:
1 a_________ - the need to feel in control
2 b_________ - the need to feel connection
3 c__________ - the need to feel you are improving or playing to your strengths
4 m_______ - the need to feel a boader purpose

Answer 18

autonomy
belonging
competence
meaning

Question 19

Motivation may be either intrinsic or extrinsic. What do we mean by this?

Answer 19

We are either motivated by our own desires and internal drivers, or by the coercion or encouragement of others.

Question 20

The main derailer to director performance is “defending” One useful test is for narcissistic personality traits using the “SPECIAL” acronym. What does this stand for?

Answer 20

Special
Preoccupied with fantasies
Entitlement
Conceited
Interpersonal Exploitation
Arrogant
Lacks empathy

Question 21

Evidence suggests that directors cannot deliver effective g_________ if they do not have a clear m_____ purpose and cannot model core e_______ values.

Answer 21

governance
moral
ethical

Question 22

What is Goleman’s definition of “emotional intelligence”?

Answer 22

Daniel Goleman defines emotional intelligence as the “ability to identify and manage one’s own emotions, as well as the emotions of others”.