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Demonstrating effective leadership in a difficult situation is a great way to earn credibility. Describe a time when you did this.

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nancy fragte am 29. Nov. 2023

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Hagen
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Hi Nancy,

I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation:

  • First of all, it would be great to first hear your proposal on how to answer this behavioral question and then provide feedback to it. This approach ensures that you reflect on your experiences and articulate them in a way that highlights your decision-making and leadership qualities.
  • Moreover, I would highly advise you to properly structure your answer as it helps in organizing your thoughts and presenting them in a clear, concise manner.

If you would like a more detailed discussion on your specific situation, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.

Best,

Hagen

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Pedro
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You asking several questions on these topics. My suggestion is that you go to a site like glassdoor, and do a bit of research as well, as it is not that difficult to find some examples.

What you should do then is to consider your own story and maybe test it here, to validate whether it is compelling or not.

To add a bit of value, let me highlight what leadership is: it is about making sure people perform at their best level in order to achieve a common goal

A lot of candidates make the error of mixing “being the boss” (e.g. telling an example of how they organized the work to perform a certain task) vs. “being a leader” (which is what I mentioned above, and does not even require having any type of formal hierarchical responsibility.

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Dennis
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Hi,

you need to think of a story of such an example. The story has to be yours of course so it's not possible to give you a cookie-cutter answer to use here. 
Ideally you use examples that are somewhat recent (e.g. university or previous job) and not something from as far back as your childhood.

  1. Lay out the situation and your role in the context
  2. Talk about the complication you were facing
  3. Describe what You did to overcome that complication - not what the team or everyone else did
  4. Summarize what the outcome/result was and what sort of lesson or takeaway you got from the experience

You can use this sort of structure for all sorts of questions that ask you for examples.

Good luck

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Alberto
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Hi Nancy,

On top of other responses, I suggest you work with storytelling following a situation - complication - resolution storylining. This makes stories more personal and impactful.

Best,

Alberto

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Benjamin
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Hi,

I guess you are trying to understand the best way to answer a behavioural question like this.

It would probably be more effective for you to share your story and then receive comments on it. 

Nevertheless, some general comments that will be helpful for you as you are preparing for your behavioural stories:

  1. Use a consistent structure for your stories e.g. STAR
  2. The most compelling stories are ones that are authentic
  3. Be prepared to get asked probing questions on your stories (e.g. what was the rationale behind this [action]?"

 

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Ian
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Hi Nancy,

I'd love to hear your example!

Remember that you need to:

  1. Provide a short/succinct context
  2. Emphasize what you did and why
  3. Move through it non-robotically
  4. Stick to answering the actual question
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Cristian
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Hi Nancy!

This is another PEI question. 

It's best if you provide us with a few examples to give you feedback on. 

We can't actually ‘suggest’ stories because they need to be based on your own experience. 

Good luck!
Cristian 

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