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                                          Workplace Leadership Fill-in-the-Blank Activity 
             
            Read the 12 sentences related to workplace leaders and use the terms from the word bank to fill in the blank lines. 
            Use each term exactly one time. 
             
                                                                Word Bank 
             
                 ▪ achievements                   ▪ decisions                 ▪ mentors                        ▪ problems 
             
                 ▪ communication                  ▪ expectations              ▪ opportunities                  ▪ support 
                 ▪ criticism                      ▪ fairly                    ▪ proactive                      ▪ team 
                       
             
            1. Workplace leaders fix                   2. Workplace leaders                      3. Workplace leaders treat 
                ____________________                       recognize and reward                      others ____________ 
                rather than just complain                  workers for their                         and with dignity and   
                about them.                               __________________ .                       respect. 
                                                                                                  
                                                       _______________________
                                                       ____ 
            4. Workplace leaders                       5. Workplace leaders must                 6. Workplace leaders  
                                                        
                maintain open lines of                     often make difficult                      view problems as 
                ___________________                       __________________ .                       __________________  
                with their team members.                                                             for improvement. 
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
             
            7. Workplace leaders offer                 8. Workplace leaders                      9. Workplace leaders   
             
            ___________________________ 
                and accept constructive                    encourage and motivate                    provide the ___________ 
             
                ___________________                        workers to act as a                       and tools that workers  
                professionally.                            ____________________ .                    need to do their jobs well. 
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
            10. Workplace leaders                      11. Workplace leaders help                12. Workplace leaders  
                                                                                                 ___________________________ 
                                                                                                  
                 explain their                               others learn and develop                   anticipate and prevent              
                                                                                                  
                ____________________                         by serving as                              problems by being 
                before holding workers                     ____________________ .                    ____________________ . 
                accountable to them.                                                              
                                                                                                  
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                                          Workplace Leadership Categorization Activity 
             
            Leadership skills are important for current supervisors and managers, workers in informal leadership roles, and 
            those who hope to obtain such positions one day. Directions: Complete the table by categorizing the following as 
            do or don’t actions of workplace leaders. Use each action one time. 
             
                                                    Actions of Workplace Leaders 
             
             ● provide specific, honest, and timely feedback             ● show favoritism 
             ● criticize workers in front of others                      ● be inconsistent or send mixed messages 
             
             ● set a positive workplace tone and direction               ● forget to lead by example 
             
             ● ask questions, seek input, and be a good listener         ● recognize, praise, and reward others 
             ● take responsibility and admit mistakes                    ● have only short-term goals  
             
             ● make decisions in haste or anger                          ● engage and empower team members 
             
             ● sets goals and delegate responsibility appropriately      ● be confident, calm, positive, and reassuring 
             ● be dismissive, rude, or unfriendly                        ● forget to communicate often and effectively 
             
              
             
                                       Do                                                       Don’t 
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
             
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                                      Workplace Leadership Multiple Choice Questions 
            
           Circle the letter of the best answer. Read all choices before responding.  
            
               1.  A company requires its workers to wear                5.  The office building in which Ethan works 
                   name badges. To lead by example, the shift                caught on fire. He demonstrates his 
                   supervisor should                                         leadership skills by 
                                                                              
                   a.  ignore those without name badges.                     a.  remaining in the building to fight the 
                   b.  always wear his own name badge.                           fire himself. 
                   c.  decide who does not have to wear one.                 b.  staying calm, helping co-workers 
                                                                                 evacuate, and getting a headcount. 
                   d.  punish those who do not wear badges.                  c.  blaming workers for starting the fire. 
                                                                             d.  doing all of the above. 
               2.  Although the number of commonly shared 
                   computer files is currently small, Reggie          
                   anticipates that the number will grow. By             6.  Rumors are spreading that there will be 
                   creating a system to organize them now,                   major layoffs at a company. Francisco, a 
                   what leadership skill is he demonstrating?                department head, should  
                                                                              
                   a.  long-term thinking                                    a.  listen to his staff’s concerns. 
                   b.  appreciation                                          b.  remain calm and positive. 
                   c.  delegation                                            c.  provide as much information as he can. 
                   d.  collaboration                                         d.  do all of the above. 
                                                                      
               3.  Raj’s team must re-design the company                 7.  Andrea is a supervisor. One of her team 
                   website. He makes Olivia responsible for                  members is not meeting job expectations. 
                   uploading photos, Marta for writing the                   She should discuss this issue with him 
                   content, and Chris for proofreading it. The                 
                   leadership skill that Raj is demonstrating is             a.  only at the annual performance review. 
                                                                             b.  never because it may hurt his feelings. 
                   a.  long-term thinking 
                   b.  appreciation                                          c.  frequently throughout the year. 
                   c.  delegation                                            d.  after firing him. 
                   d.  honesty                                        
                                                                         8.  Veronica is told that her department must 
               4.  Sara is frustrated that her team submits                  cut costs. She demonstrates her leadership 
                   their monthly reports using different                     skills by gathering her team and  
                   formats. The first thing Sara should do is                 
                                                                             a.  firing two workers. 
                   a.  clearly communicate her expectations.                 b.  brainstorming cost-saving ideas 
                   b.  punish her staff members.                                 together as a group. 
                   c.  reward those doing it the way she likes.              c.  shaming the highest-paid workers. 
                   d.  ignore that this is a problem.                        d.  telling them she refuses to cut costs. 
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                                                                   Workplace Leadership Nickname Badges
                                                          
                 Part 1. Below are name badges containing the nicknames of several workplace leaders. On the lines 
                 provided, identify each nickname as likely being that of a good or a bad workplace leader. 
                  
                  
                  
                       Rigid Rhonda                                                  Indecisive Ingrid                                         Miguel the Mentor  
                  
                  
                  
                 1. ________________ leader                                   2. ________________ leader             3. ________________ leader 
                  
                  
                  Finger-pointing Fred                                             Inspirational Rita                   Hard-to-find Harold 
                  
                  
                  
                  
                 4 . ________________ leader                                  5. ________________ leader                                    6. ________________ leader 
                  
                  
                  
                  Cheerleader Charlie                    Dictator Darius                                                                           Honest Abe 
                  
                  
                  
                 7. ________________ leader                                   8. ________________ leader                                    9. ________________ leader 
                  
                  
                 Part 2. Inside the name badges below, write the nicknames of three good workplace leaders. Be creative. 
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                 Part 3. Inside the name badges below, write the nicknames of three bad workplace leaders. Be creative. 
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
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