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Can you think of a situation where you led a team through a difficult situation / conflict / crisis when you still needed to achieve an important goal together?
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Near 5 months ago, the startup where I used to work had a little financial crisis and with it we lost some employees. One of them was responsible for an entire area of product development. Even without the complete knowledge, I assumed the area, trained and turned to be a potential in which the board wanted to keep for the future of the company.
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Ja, wir mussten eine ausgelaufene Vertragsbeziehung, welche mit der notwendigen Abrechnungsgrundlage hoher Preise einhergeht, rückgängig machen um Erlöse pro Tag zu sichern. Nebenbei mussten wir in der direkten Implementierung einer neuen Station beim Mandantn vor Ort helfen und ein neues Mandat konzeptionieren.
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This question is a part of McKinsey personal fit Leadership dimension. Here it’s important to focus on a few things while telling your story:
- Highlight your interpersonal skills, i.e. focus on how you felt, what you thought about how other people felt, and why you thought other people acted some way or the other (vs focusing on content of the problem);
- Show that you are able to take initiative, also in a difficult situation like this one;
- Demonstrate that you can efficiently work with all kinds of people, no matter how difficult they are.
Best,
Daniel
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I was in charge to lead team after our leader resigned 2 months after my joining date. We had to deliver the projects maintain team morale and ensure clients were not affected. I laid our regular catch ups gave my insights and experience and ensured that this difficult time is managed well.
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Yes, I led a team through my MIS class. I allocated deliverables and task for each group mate and led them to get an A grade on the final!
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deliver results during prime day throughout different time zones and ongoing negotiations
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Kill them all
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we had a project in school were I as president to decide over details over a event. It was messy but ultimately we came together as a team and suceeded in implementing it
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Worked on project with interns
Deadline was shifted one week sooner.
Took over lead of group and tried to manage tasks efficiently and make sure we could deliver.
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Hello!
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