Chapter 4 Quiz: What the Research Says

Test your recall from chapter 4 of Determining Leadership Potential. Click on the arrows to reveal the correct answer.

A fundamental problem in determining leadership potential is there are too many diverging points of ______________.

view

______________is not your friend and one of the greatest root causes of the lack of pool of great leaders.

variation

We need _______________ in thought and action to build a strong pipeline on talent.

consistency

Successful _______________ should be the ticket to enter the conversation to be considered for high potential, but the trap is to not rely on it as a predictor of potential because it is not, unless the job is the _______________.

performance, same

CEOs and senior leaders typically do not have the time, head space, or commitment to be involved in ______________ _____________ and selection to the degree they should especially in ____________ _______________ ________________.

talent assessment, determining leadership potential

The ______________ ________________, emphasizes intelligence, motivation, personality, and learning agility.

leadership blueprint

The most common measurement of success of determining leadership potential identified in the global quantitative study was a strong pipeline of _________________.

talent

Only 12% of participants think about leadership potential in a ________________ ____________ way and emphasize ___________ capabilities rather than ____________ that can be learned.

future focused, core, skills

Most leadership potential is determined by those decision makers watching employees _________ __________.

in action

The problem with this is that most people are not _____________ observers.

trained

This is where the traps of ___________ are laid. People often associated emotion with intelligence, but it is related to personality.

bias

Individuals who have been in their position longer are more likely to use _______________ when DLP.

intelligence

Evidence suggested that people with fewer __________ ______ are more likely to consider personality.

direct reports

Observation topped the list as the preferred method to determine __________________ followed by _______________, and references/word of mouth.

personality, assessments

Research suggests that people with higher levels of education more commonly seek out _______________ ______________.

learning agility