Choose a leader in an organization of your choice. Manager; an executive or CEO is preferred.
Name of Organization:
Name of Leader and Name of the position
Part 1: Introduction (If you cannot find this information ahead of time, you will need to ask during the interview):
- What is the name of your organization?
- What are your organization's primary products and/or services?
- Please provide a brief description of your organization's current mission/purpose and its vision for the future.
- Does your organization have a stated strategy that it shares with stakeholders? If so, what is that strategy?
- What are your responsibilities, and what is your title?
Part 2: Crafting Strategy
- Are there forces outside your organization that put pressure on how your business is run? Briefly describe them.
- How has your organization changed its strategy in response to outside forces?
- How do your biggest rivals compete to try to gain an advantage with customers in your markets?
- What do you believe is your organization's competitive advantage over rivals?
- Describe how your organization involves the leadership team in developing strategies during challenging economic times.
- Describe how your organization involves other employees in developing strategies.
Part 3: Executing Strategy
- How does your organization communicate its vision and strategy to employees?
- Briefly describe how your organization builds internal capabilities.
- Describe how you organization determines and communicates objectives.
- Describe how you and your organization evaluate performance towards stated objectives.
Part 4: Must add five questions of your own strategy-related interview questions.
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