Management Styles
This leadership style involves making all decisions without team input.
What is autocratic?
When unsure about your supervisor's expectations, the best first step is to do this.
What is ask clarifying questions?
True or false: effective teams should not avoid conflicts?
What is true?
Name one way to show respect during a disagreement.
What is listen without interrupting or validate the other person's perspective?
Your boss gives you a vague task with no deadline. What should you do?
What is ask for clarification and confirm the timeline?
This style focuses on rewards and consequences to manage performance.
What is transactional?
True or False: It’s unprofessional to ask your supervisor for regular 1-on-1s.
What is false?
Name two ways that indicates a team is not functioning well.
Breakdown in communication, absence of trust, unresolved conflict, gossip/ cliques, decreased productivity, missed deadlines, lack of accountability, disengagement, increased absenteeism, stress/ low morale.
True or False: Avoiding conflict is always the best option in a professional setting.
What is false?
Your manager keeps rescheduling your check-ins. You need feedback. What now?
What is send a polite email requesting to reschedule and stress its value?
Leaders with this style focus on inspiring and motivating employees toward a vision.
What is transformational?
This key skill helps build trust and reduces misunderstandings with supervisors.
What is communication?
True or false: collaboration cannot happen without being a team.
What is false?
You feel defensive during a disagreement. What should you do before responding?
What is pause and take a breath, or reflect on your emotions?
You and a supervisor have very different work styles. You prefer structure and planning; they’re last-minute and spontaneous. It’s creating tension.
Question:
What’s one way to build cooperation despite these differences?
Set shared expectations about deadlines and communication, agree on key check-in points, and play to each other's strengths while keeping the focus on results.
This hands-off leadership style often leads to unclear expectations.
What is laissez-faire?
What does lack of recognition do to the supervisor/ employee relationship?
What is harm the relationship?
Name 3 benefits of teamwork.
Creativity, Problem solving, Better communication, Improved efficiency, Increased productivity, Develop relationships, Build morale, Learning, Leadership/ influencing opportunity, Motivation, Improved conflict resolution skills, Build trust, Support network, Better decision making
This communication skill helps de-escalate tension during conflict.
What is active listening?
You give constructive feedback to a teammate during a project review. They immediately get defensive and accuse you of "attacking" them.
Pause and acknowledge their feelings. Re-express your intent using “I” statements and focus on shared goals, then ask for their input on how to improve moving forward.
This leader emphasizes collaboration, shared decision-making, and employee input.
What is democratic?
What do employees rely on their supervisors for?
What is guidance, feedback, and support?
What type of participation makes a successful team?
What is balanced participation?
What is emotional intelligence?
When you are able to manage your emotions and recognize other people's emotions.
BONUS: What does the acronym S.M.A.R.T (goals) stand for?
What is Specific, Measurable, Achievable (or Attainable), Relevant (or Realistic), and Time-bound (or Timely) ?