Question

One hospital CEO insists on including performance data in the hospital’s annual report. "We do very well on most measures, except for one or two, but we put those in anyway," she says. "We want to hold ourselves accountable." Does this practice demonstrate effective or ineffective leadership?a) Ineffective leadership: Because results are an important indication of leadership, publicly sharing poor results is an unwise practice.
b) Effective leadership: Being transparent, even about poor results, is a mark of a good leader.
c) Ineffective leadership: Leaders are people who have followers, and sharing poor results might cause the leader to lose some followers.
d) Effective leadership: It is good to share results in the annual report, but the leadership would be even more effective if it shared only the strongest results.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Effective leadership: Being transparent, even about poor results, is a mark of a good leader.

Explanation:

When leading or motivating a group of people towards the completion of a goal, it is necesarry to be honest and transparent even if it is not what makes the team look best. It shows a clear picture of the situation and what areas need to be improved.