Textbook Problem

What Is the Impact of Leadership?

What are your beliefs and understandings about how top leaders influence organizational performance? To learn about your beliefs, please answer whether each item below is Mostly True or Mostly False based on your personal beliefs.

	Mostly True	Mostly True
1. The quality of leadership is the most important influence on the performance of an organization.
2. People in top-level leadership positions have the power to make or break an organization.
3. Most activities in an organization have little to do with the decisions or activities of the top leaders.
4. Even in a bad economy, a good leader can prevent a company from doing poorly.
5. A company cannot do well unless it has high-quality leadership at the top.
6. High-quality versus low-quality leadership has a bigger impact on a firm's performance than does the business environment.
7. Poor organizational performance is often due to factors beyond the control of even the best leaders.
8. Eventually, bad leadership at the top will trigger poor organizational performance.
9. Leaders typically should not be held responsible for a firm's poor performance.