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Uninterested Peer
1) If you are a Supervisor and you have your peer with you who is not interested to work with you, how would you handle that situation?2) What would be your action plan to your peer when he/she is not accepting you even after convincing?3) How would you deal with an aggressive team member4) What would you do for the process, after becoming Team Leader
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What is the difference between Leader & Manager?
Leaders do the right things.They have followers.Their main focus is to lead people with passion.They direct people in to new roads.Managers do things right.They have subordinates.Their main focus is to manage work.They direct people in to existing roads.
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Handle Mass Resignation
1) Why do you think you are fit for Team Leader Role2) If 5 people resigned from the team of 8 how will you handle the process
buddy22
- Mar 14th, 2011
If you have a strong team, your resigning employees should care enough about you and the rest of the team to resign admarabilly and not leave you high and dry. The eight people, if you as teamlead fos...
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You joined the organisation as a TL, you have gone through the training and joined the floor today. one of your team member asked for the issue that you are unaware of. How would you handle that situation?
leadingothers
- Nov 13th, 2010
What I dont understand is why people are saying to either take time or to ensure you do not know the answer? The correct thing to do is to inform him that you do not know the answer but will find out ...
santrokumar
- Jun 10th, 2008
As a Team Leader I would rather jumping directly into conclution.. i would take time to submit my answer to them.... no matter it would take time.. let it but i wont give a wrong answer or judgement b...
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On what basis you assign works to your team members when you are new to that team and accepted the leadership of the team?
leadingothers
- Nov 13th, 2010
The first thing any Team leader has to do is to know his team, Their strengths, weaknesses, temperment, Previous working style etc. This can be mostly achieved by going through their personal files, R...
Rahul
- May 17th, 2007
Best strategy in this case will be to work in the team as member who has authority over the administrative tasks. Step by step share your ideas with the team members and help them understand the requi...
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If you do not have much time & they hold seriously differing views, what would be your approach?
srivatsan2204
- Sep 13th, 2009
Play the 3rd Umpire role. Listen to both. See what is best or corelate their ideas and present a unified vision to the issue. This might solve or kindle something new in them to arrive at a solution.
RajatT
- Sep 27th, 2006
Accept their views provided the problem is solved in the stipulated time period...
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Leasership vs Management
Discuss the similarities and differences in leadership and management
srivatsan2204
- Sep 13th, 2009
Leadership moves away from conceptual management to inspire and improve creativity to come up with new ideas or management concepts.Management works on a strict agenda and desired outcomes. They go by the book and not the heart.
Whatsup
- Sep 2nd, 2009
Leaders provide vision, inspire trust, innovation and original thinkers.Managers focus on maintenance, administration and following rules and system structure, managers accept the status quo.
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What approach do you take in getting your people to accept your ideas or department goals?
srivatsan2204
- Sep 11th, 2009
Make them feel that they are also part of my idea. This will enable to be more receptive and I will also be receptive if they improve on that idea. This will get improved ideas to come.
axelleb
- Dec 14th, 2008
When trying to influence people, I usually try to put myself in their position and think about their perspective. I'm then able to present thoughts to them in a way more likely to end in success.
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In your present job what approach do you take to get your people together to establish a common approach to a problem?
srivatsan2204
- Sep 11th, 2009
Have the communication channel always open and constantly encourge them to improve on stuffs. This will help then to identify new issues and also think creatively when any new issue arises.
khalid hussain
- Oct 28th, 2007
Work as a team, all the team members should report about the task they have completed are having any difficulty, technically, need any resource.
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Success at Work
How will you define "success" at work?
srivatsan2204
- Sep 11th, 2009
Acheiving or exceeding what your organization and client wants consistently.
Whatsup
- Sep 2nd, 2009
Success at work is giving 100%Not every project or endeavour is successful, but if you give 100% and give your best shot then it can be termed as a job well done.
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Maslow's Need Hierarcy
How can a leader use Maslow's need hierarchy concepts to influence behaviour?
Whatsup
- Sep 2nd, 2009
Maslow's need hierarcy has 5 stages:1. Physiological2. Safety3. Love/Belonging4. Esteem5. Self actualizationhuman being has to move from level 1 to 5 only after level 1 is satisfied we move to lev...
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Health and Safety
If you're a Team leader what actions will you take to prevent accidents at work?
Whatsup
- Sep 2nd, 2009
If there are regular accidents at work then the work environment has to be evaluated to determine long term solutions.It is always better to have common standard symbols.. Notice in Red, Yellow & ...
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Motivation
How will you encourage your staff to cure sloppy work?
Whatsup
- Sep 2nd, 2009
Sloppy work can be avoided by setting processes & standards.- Have a checklist to validate that the work meets the standard before it is submitted.
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How would you describe your basic leadership style? Give specific examples of how you practice this?
tcox2
- May 6th, 2009
I would say that I have a mixed leadership style that is situational.? Generally I am democratic but there are times that I need to be authoritative because some things just require a decision to be made.
Carla
- Jan 17th, 2006
I would describe my style as a 'delegator'. Delgeating work gives your subordinate a sense of trust, helps improve work-flow, and ultimately takes a load of tasks off of the leader's desk.
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Can you give me an example of your ability to manage or supervise others?
K.S.Ramgopal
- Aug 17th, 2008
I will manage or supervise others by influencing the people and not controlling.
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You are a member of software engineers team and working on a very important project. One of your peers has got ill. How do you cope up with the situation? You have to finish the project on time.
rrsain
- Jul 30th, 2008
First of all, we will try to find out some other person, but we won't waste our time on searching and adjust our working hour to complete the project on time.
kumar_muppa
- Jan 2nd, 2008
I will take initiative to avoid any road blocks by contacting the concerned persons who involved in the task.
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Do you feel you work more effectively on a one to one basis or in a group situation?
rrsain
- Jul 30th, 2008
Always it is better to work in group rather than to one to one basis. Any group have many members in it. So skills of all members can be utilized in right direction. It is much more effective.
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Two executives in your team of 10 are on scheduled offs and two other guys called you up for leave. How would you handle the call volume on a normal day?
nazeer.pasha
- Nov 29th, 2007
It's a really horrible condition but please make sure that you understand the reason why the other two are calling you for leave might be they might have strucked with some important work at home/...
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