CMA Final · Entrepreneurship and Startup · Leadership
Which leadership trait is most closely linked with the willingness to keep a startup's culture aligned by hiring, rewarding and removing people strictly according to stated core values, even at short-term cost?
Value-based integrity in leadership. A leader who hires, rewards and exits people according to stated core values, despite short-term cost, shows consistency between words and actions, which builds a strong culture. Delegation, hierarchy or conflict avoidance do not capture this behaviour.
- AValue-based integrity in leadershipCorrect
- BPure delegation of authority
- CDependence on formal hierarchy
- DAvoidance of conflict
Explanation
Acting consistently on stated values, including when it is costly, is integrity-based, value-driven leadership, and it shapes culture. Delegation concerns passing on authority, hierarchy concerns reporting structure, and conflict avoidance would weaken enforcement of values.
Did you get it right without looking?
One question tells you little. A timed set on Leadership shows your real accuracy, how long you take and where you lose marks.
More Leadership questions
- Which of the following best describes a 'transformational' leader in a startup setting?
- Rohan leads a growing logistics startup. Employees say he is excellent at rewarding targets met and penalising misses, yet he rarely articul…
- Meera, founder of a Pune agritech startup, communicates a compelling vision of transforming rural supply chains, inspires staff to look beyo…
- In the full range leadership model, a founder who raises team performance by offering rewards for meeting agreed targets and applying correc…
- Which leadership behaviour best builds psychological safety in a startup team, encouraging members to report mistakes early?
- Rohan, CEO of a Bengaluru fintech startup, repeatedly articulates an inspiring picture of the company's future, encourages employees to look…