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John is the newly-appointed CEO to a medium-sized company that produces car parts. John has extensive experience in the industry, so he knows a lot about the design of car parts and how to effectively run operations so that the parts are produced quickly at a high quality. He also has experience in designing new parts and leading organizations through change - in fact, he was hired as a CEO of his current company to drive innovation, as the parts that the company mainly produces are no longer as profitable as they once were. However, he is seen by some employees as cold and uncaring. Although he respects employees' autonomy, he seems uninterested in forming relationships with them and is entirely focused on performance and innovation.What element of leadership is John missing?Question 2Select one:Relational behaviourAutonomy supportTask behaviourChange behaviour

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John is the newly-appointed CEO to a medium-sized company that produces car parts. John has extensive experience in the industry, so he knows a lot about the design of car parts and how to effectively run operations so that the parts are produced quickly at a high quality. He also has experience in designing new parts and leading organizations through change - in fact, he was hired as a CEO of his current company to drive innovation, as the parts that the company mainly produces are no longer as profitable as they once were. However, he is seen by some employees as cold and uncaring. Although he respects employees' autonomy, he seems uninterested in forming relationships with them and is entirely focused on performance and innovation.What element of leadership is John missing?Question 2Select one:Relational behaviourAutonomy supportTask behaviourChange behaviour

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The element of leadership that John is missing is Relational behaviour.

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