Leadership Potential and Risks Flashcards
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Which Korn Ferry assessment tool is specifically designed to identify leadership potential in early-career professionals before they move into management roles?
Answer: Korn Ferry Assessment of Leadership Potential (KFALP)
The Korn Ferry Assessment of Leadership Potential (KFALP) is designed to identify individuals with high potential to grow into leadership roles from early in their careers.
A leader who avoids conflict to maintain harmony, even when issues go unresolved, demonstrates which Korn Ferry leadership risk?
Answer: Conflict avoidance
Conflict avoidance is a recognized Korn Ferry risk pattern where leaders fail to address tensions directly, allowing problems to fester and erode team performance.
Korn Ferry research identifies 'drive for results' as a critical leadership potential indicator. Which behavior best demonstrates this trait?
Answer: Maintaining a consistent focus on outcomes and holding self and others accountable
Drive for results involves setting high standards, focusing persistently on outcomes, and holding oneself and one's team accountable without resorting to harmful tactics.
In Korn Ferry's framework, 'Organizational Savvy' refers to a leader's ability to:
Answer: Navigate organizational politics and build alliances to accomplish goals
Organizational Savvy means understanding the informal power dynamics, culture, and networks within an organization to advance objectives effectively.
Which of the following scenarios best illustrates 'Comfort Around Higher Management,' a competency in the Korn Ferry Leadership Architect?
Answer: A leader who presents data clearly and engages comfortably with executives without becoming deferential
Comfort Around Higher Management means engaging confidently and substantively with senior leaders, neither intimidated nor sycophantic.
According to Korn Ferry, what is the primary difference between a 'high performer' and a 'high potential'?
Answer: High potentials demonstrate learning agility and scalability beyond their current role
Korn Ferry's research shows that high potentials, unlike mere high performers, demonstrate learning agility and the capacity to grow into roles of greater scope and complexity.
A Korn Ferry assessment debrief reveals a leader has 'low self-awareness' paired with 'high confidence.' This combination is associated with:
Answer: Increased derailment risk
Korn Ferry research links low self-awareness combined with high confidence to significantly elevated derailment risk, as leaders don't recognize or address their blind spots.