Module 4 Graded Quiz: Cultures of Growth :Leading Teams: Building Effective Team Cultures (Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization) Answers 2025

Question 1

Blanket solutions are successful because the solution addresses the root cause of the problem.

❌ True
✅ False

Explanation:
Blanket solutions ignore context and complexity and often fail to address root causes. They oversimplify complex problems.

Question 2

The transformation process from blanket solutions to problem solving for complexity can happen in four steps.
Which is the first step?

❌ actualization
✅ awareness
❌ awakening
❌ action

Explanation:
The first step is awareness—recognizing that the problem is complex and cannot be solved with one-size-fits-all solutions.

Question 3

Which shift most accurately reflects the paradigm shift discussed in the video?

❌ Shifting from loss to profit
❌ Shifting from emergence to control
✅ Shifting from knowing to learning
❌ Shifting from old technology to new technology

Explanation:
Complex environments require moving from certainty (“knowing”) to continuous learning and adaptation.

Question 4

PDCA is a model we can use for reflection and learning.

✅ True
❌ False

Explanation:
Plan–Do–Check–Act (PDCA) supports experimentation, reflection, and continuous improvement.

Question 5

Which statement is most accurate about creativity?

❌ Creativity is most effective when working individually
✅ Creativity generates ideas that are both novel and useful
❌ Creativity is unrelated to innovation
❌ Creativity gets in the way of problem solving

Explanation:
Creativity is defined as producing ideas that are new (novel) and valuable (useful).

Question 6

To foster a creative team, norms should be allowed to emerge organically.

❌ True
✅ False

Explanation:
Creative teams require intentionally designed norms, not accidental or unmanaged ones.

Question 7

Which PIECE element involves eliminating pressure to conform and recognizing power constraints?

❌ elaboration
❌ exploration
❌ peer evaluation
✅ independence of thought

Explanation:
Independence of thought protects dissent, diversity of ideas, and psychological safety.

Question 8

Around 70% of formal change efforts succeed.

❌ True
✅ False

Explanation:
Research consistently shows that about 70% of change efforts fail, not succeed.

Question 9

Which principles define a complex adaptive system (CAS)?

❌ Predetermined order, reversible history, predictable future
❌ Emergent order, reversible history, predictable future
✅ Emergent order, irreversible history, unpredictable future
❌ Predetermined order, irreversible history, unpredictable future

Explanation:
CAS systems evolve through emergence, cannot undo history, and have uncertain futures.

Question 10

Which principle of creating a “change culture” is the leader practicing?

❌ Expectancy conformity and consistency
❌ Imposing on the system
❌ Building silos
✅ Knowing people and points of influence

Explanation:
Effective change leaders understand networks, relationships, and influence points rather than issuing commands.

Question 11

Cultivating and sustaining a learning culture does little to improve employee engagement.

❌ True
✅ False

Explanation:
A learning culture significantly improves engagement, adaptability, innovation, and motivation.

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