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09madisonrousseau09 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Almeda, the CEO of In-Design, is considered highly inspirational. She has a great vision of success, which draws in her employees to make extraordinary efforts to help her achieve the goals of the company. Almeda is considered a ____ leader.

a. charismatic
b. task-motivated
c. transactional
d. relationship-motivated

Question 2

Your boss is considering having all mid-level managers enroll in a charisma training program to enhance their leadership abilities. After looking into research on such programs, your boss reconsiders this idea, citing that ____.

a. little to no improvement in charisma was found in the study
b. managers who received the training reported a slight decrease in their own job satisfaction five months after training occurred
c. improvements in charisma may have been due to a placebo effect or other factors that created positive expectations
d. the training took place during one extensive session, which resulted in a significant decline in transfer of training