Workplace Gold Flashcards

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1
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Type of authority that supervisors have over subordinates to compel compliance to a minimum standard

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Positional authority

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Type of authority for coworkers the same rank as you, where you can influence, but not compel compliance

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Personal authority

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Best way to influence individuals who outrank you

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Establish strong working relationship with them in advance

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4
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Effective leaders hold employees accountable without ________ or ______ them

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Demeaning or embarrassing

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5
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Most employees would feel more committed to their supervisor if they felt valued and ______ by that supervisor

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Appreciated

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What are the three secrets of people management?

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  1. Everyone wants to feel important.
  2. No one wants to look stupid.
  3. Everyone wants to be appreciated.
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_____ is the general feeling that employees have about their work? They’re organization their leaders and even their coworkers.

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Morale

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________ can lead to improved employee, enthusiasm, confidence, job satisfaction, commitment, and performance

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High morale

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9
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Most supervisors would agree that there appears to be a direct link between Morrill and

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Job performance

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10
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Leaders frequently get the blame for an employees low morale, but morale is an employees ________

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Responsibility

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11
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_______ are responsible for their own morale

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Individuals

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12
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The most significant factor affecting morale is

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Work environment

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13
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As a supervisor, you control the _______ that you create

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Work environment

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14
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Employee perception of supervisor morale influences their:

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Morale

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15
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Examples of external motivators that are within a supervisor control (3)

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Keeping employees informed
Coaching
Career mentoring

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16
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External motivators are things that you can provide to your employees by your (2)

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Words or actions

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17
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Improved motivation often develops:

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One person at a time

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18
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_______ are the unseen internal factors that contribute to an employees motivation

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Internal motivators

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19
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What motivational factor increases in specialized work groups or teams within an agency

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Camaraderie

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20
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It’s not your job to motivate others. It’s your job to create a work environment where:

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Motivation can flourish

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21
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Employees who understand their role in the organization in the importance of their role in completing the organizations mission are more likely to feel:

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Motivated about their work

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22
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The more you __________ the more successful you will be at understanding what motivates your employees

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Get to know

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23
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Leading by example works wonders on those employees who possess the potential to

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Be motivated

24
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Your subordinates motivation starts with

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You being motivated

25
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Why does accountability matter?

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It shows you care enough about your employees to pay attention to their performance

26
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What type of supervisor uses accountability to demean or embarrass employees?

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Command and control supervisors

27
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Misuse of accountability by one supervisor causes other supervisors to feel that they

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Need to protect their subordinates

28
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Supervisors who use accountability like a hammer hurt morale and performance. Supervisors that try to protect their subordinates by failing to hold anyone accountable hurt _____ and _____

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Mural and performance

29
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What process is part of the rules and regulations or policies of procedures of almost every organization?

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Formal progressive discipline process

30
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Is accountability considered discipline

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No

31
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_______ is the act of imposing a penalty for an offense

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Punishment

32
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What might reduce the need to impose punishment?

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Accountability used appropriately

33
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At what step in the progressive discipline cycle does a supervisor mindset change from wanting to help to “we need to document everything” to get rid of the employee

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Step 5 supervisor begins to build a case

34
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Looking into the future, asking what can go wrong and then doing something to prevent it from going wrong is called what

A

Risk management

35
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Lawyers focus on fixing problems after they occur real wrist managers focus on addressing problems:

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Before they occur

36
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Supervisors at all levels of their organization need to become ______ risk managers

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Real

37
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What are the five steps in the accountability cycle?

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  1. Problem first observed.
  2. Conversations.
  3. Follow up
  4. Performance discussion
  5. Follow up.
38
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What is the difference between the second step of the progressive discipline cycle and the accountability cycle?

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Aggressive discipline waits too long to have conversation

39
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________ are formal discussions, that clearly state the supervisors observations and expectations and ask the employee for commitment to meet those expectations

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Performance discussion

40
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Follow up after performance discussions are _____

A

Crucial

41
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When should you initiate the first conversations?

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When problem is first observed

42
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If you do not get the results you want from the conversation, what is the next step?

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Performance discussion

43
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Performance discussions end by the supervisor asking for

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The employees commitment to correct the problem

44
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Continuous feedback, sometimes documentation, giving recognition for correcting the problem, or consequences for failure or refusal to improve are all part of:

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Follow-up

45
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Accountability is about one thing only, it is:

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Future performance

46
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Which lesson says “practice doesn’t make perfect practice makes permanent”

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The performance lesson

47
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It starts out as a minor issue, evolves into a _____and eventually becomes a ______

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Habit
Permanent behavior

48
Q

Silence is a ______ for unacceptable behavior, causing it to be repeated

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Reward

49
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Nitpicking is being as excessively concerned with or critical of ________ details

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Inconsequential

50
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Correcting unacceptable behavior that has predictable consequences is not nitpicking, it is

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Leadership

51
Q

Reviewing and returning an employees report with critical errors and mistakes is an example of

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Accountability

52
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It is not nitpicking to correct even minor mistakes, if allowing those mistakes will have

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Consequences

53
Q

Correcting mistakes is not nitpicking it is

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Early intervention

54
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Early Intervention of unacceptable behavior can prevent predictable

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Negative consequences

55
Q

Early Intervention minimizes the need for

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Formal discipline

56
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Where do you start when it comes to accountability, Early Intervention and risk management?

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Start by stopping the inappropriate unprofessional morale killing behavior that you observe

57
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You should start with addressing problems that are most obvious and causing the most damage to employee ______ and _____

A

Morale and performance