Chapter 10: Leadership learning and
development
Foundational perspectives on leadership development - correct answer ✔✔Howard Gardner
Jay Conger
Howard Gardner - correct answer ✔✔Many people in society have untapped leadership capabilities.
Leadership development is a lifelong process.
Jay Conger - correct answer ✔✔Leaders are both born and made.
On-the-job experience and assisting with assignments help people learn about leading teams.
Developing versatility and ability of leadership style is needed but difficult to develop.
How do we learn to lead? - correct answer ✔✔Key sources of learning
Brown and Posner
Key sources of learning - correct answer ✔✔Formal and informal education and training programs.
Observation, trial and error, job assignments, communicating with others, enduring hardships
Brown and Posner - correct answer ✔✔Research supports that the majority of leadership skills are
earned from naturally occurring experiences.
Ultimate act of leadership development is creating of a culture of leadership and learning in an
organization.
Purpose served by leader development - correct answer ✔✔Performance improvement
Succession management
Organizational change
development
Foundational perspectives on leadership development - correct answer ✔✔Howard Gardner
Jay Conger
Howard Gardner - correct answer ✔✔Many people in society have untapped leadership capabilities.
Leadership development is a lifelong process.
Jay Conger - correct answer ✔✔Leaders are both born and made.
On-the-job experience and assisting with assignments help people learn about leading teams.
Developing versatility and ability of leadership style is needed but difficult to develop.
How do we learn to lead? - correct answer ✔✔Key sources of learning
Brown and Posner
Key sources of learning - correct answer ✔✔Formal and informal education and training programs.
Observation, trial and error, job assignments, communicating with others, enduring hardships
Brown and Posner - correct answer ✔✔Research supports that the majority of leadership skills are
earned from naturally occurring experiences.
Ultimate act of leadership development is creating of a culture of leadership and learning in an
organization.
Purpose served by leader development - correct answer ✔✔Performance improvement
Succession management
Organizational change
