The fastest way to climb the corporate ladder:
Only work with exceptional managers.
7 simple questions to ask when you're interviewing them:
Only work with exceptional managers.
7 simple questions to ask when you're interviewing them:
1. Who have you recently promoted (and Why)?
What I'm looking for:
- Are promotions merit-based?
- Can they get people promoted?
What I'm looking for:
- Are promotions merit-based?
- Can they get people promoted?
2. Have you had to fire anyone from the team (and Why)?
What I'm looking for:
- Do they protect the team culture?
- Are they willing to make hard decisions?
What I'm looking for:
- Do they protect the team culture?
- Are they willing to make hard decisions?
3. When do you know it's time to help people rotate off your team?
What I'm looking for:
- How supportive are they of great people?
- Are they well connected inside & outside the company?
What I'm looking for:
- How supportive are they of great people?
- Are they well connected inside & outside the company?
4. If someone is struggling, how do you support them?
What I'm looking for:
- Are they close enough to know? Do they care to correct?
- How many arrows are in their management development quiver?
What I'm looking for:
- Are they close enough to know? Do they care to correct?
- How many arrows are in their management development quiver?
5. How do you keep your stars challenged?
What I'm looking for:
- Are stars taken for granted b/c they aren't needy?
- Can they source meaningful opportunities or just "make work"?
What I'm looking for:
- Are stars taken for granted b/c they aren't needy?
- Can they source meaningful opportunities or just "make work"?
6. Tell me about how accountability work on your team?
What I'm looking for:
- Do people know what's expected of them?
- Is there enough trust to have hard conversations directly?
What I'm looking for:
- Do people know what's expected of them?
- Is there enough trust to have hard conversations directly?
7. Who are you grooming to take your spot?
What I'm looking for:
- Are they freeing themselves up to leave? How soon?
- Do they have the ambition to generate opportunities for the team?
What I'm looking for:
- Are they freeing themselves up to leave? How soon?
- Do they have the ambition to generate opportunities for the team?
No individual answer is that critical to me.
Find the patterns.
Connect the dots across them to determine if they foster an environment you'd thrive in or not.
Remember: Interviews go both ways.
You might need work.
But not with a manager that'll hold you back.
Find the patterns.
Connect the dots across them to determine if they foster an environment you'd thrive in or not.
Remember: Interviews go both ways.
You might need work.
But not with a manager that'll hold you back.
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