Briefly describe your area of work, including your industry and the size of your team and organization. If you are self employed please describe the industry you are in and the size of your industry and customer base.
What are your views on leadership development? Is it beneficial? Have you ever participated in a leadership development program before? When? For how long?
Please describe in general, your current work situation. Is it healthy, strong, growing? Is it in need of improvement? Provide details of how you, your team and your organization can benefit from leadership development.
From your point of view, if your team or organization were to start a leadership development program who would have a stake in the success of this process? Your team? Your family? Your community? Your customers?
If your boss and colleagues were to describe you in 10 words or a brief paragraph, would what each say?
If were your were to describe your boss and colleagues in 10 words or a brief paragraph, would what you say? What things would you say they are doing well? Which things need improvement?
What do you care about most in your work?
If other teams in your organization were to describe your team what would they say? What would they say about you? What things would they say you are doing well? Which things need improvement? What would you say about them.
If your customers, vendors, partners, etc. were to describe you, your team or your organization, what would they say? What things would they say you are doing well? Which things need improvement?
What are you proud of regarding your work?
What concerns you regarding your work? What inspires or motivates you?
What preferences, skills, or talents do you have that are particularly helpful to others?
What kind of appreciation/recognition do you prefer? From whom? Under what circumstances?
What kind of criticism/correction do you prefer? From whom? Under what circumstances?
Which work tasks do you pass on to others, ignore, procrastinate with or never get around to doing?
Describe any circumstances within the organization or team environment that may lessen your effectiveness?
Can you identify any specific behaviors you have that may interfere with effective relationships with others?
Describe any recent or difficult change you may have experienced. How did you react? How did you cope with it? Describe how you manage change.
Does your view on how you handle change match what your boss or colleagues would say? How are their views the same? How are they different?
What are your thoughts about conflict? What do you do to resolve conflict? How effective have your efforts been in the past? Recently? Why?
Given the opportunity to engage in a leadership development program, what would you hope to achieve in thie process? How would you use your individual success to aid in the development of your team? Your organization?
Assuming you are in a leadership development program what would kind of support and modeling do you expect of your Coach? From others on your team? From the organization?
Can you identify any resources or solutions that would immediately assist you or you organization in the leadership development process?
Assuming you are in a leadership development program, provide any additional information specific to you, that may assist your Coach in working with you.
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