Questions
1) Motivation - You are promoted into a position previously held by a poor performing manager/leader who was fired. Employees did not respect and thus did not work hard for this manager just fired. How will you specifically motivate the 15 employees now working for you? Give me the five most important things you will do to motivate them?
2) Tell me the five most important ways Leaders fail?
3) Culture - In your job search after University, what type of culture will you seek and hope to work in because you know you will be happier and more productive. List 5 important values that will help most young people just out of college be more productive.
4) Lessons from TV report / Book Report you did. --Give me the number one lesson you learned from this assignment that you will follow in your work life? Then tell me why this was so important and how you will use this lesson?
5) Hurdles-Which Hurdle has professor' /continuously stated as a big weakness for most executives? Then tell me in one well thought out sentence why this is such a big weakness to a Leader?
6) Creativity & Innovation - Assume you and your partners are in a technology business and you want your employees to work in a culture that welcomes creativity, innovation and new ideas. Give me five actions Leaders will take to encourage Creativity and Innovation?
7) Communications-Effective Leaders often have a talent for reading people's emotions-for listening and sizing up people well-this helps them be an excellent communicator. This excellence in communications helps them in many ways. Give me there ways in 3 one line statements?
8) Planning - So that you understand the important difference between Strategic and Tactical---write me a personal
> Strategic Statement Overall Goal
> 2 specific Tactical goals to achieve the Strategic Goal?