“It’s not my problem.”
“It’s the manager’s responsibility to take care of employee productivity problems, not the project manager’s.”
“It’s the manager’s responsibility to take care of employee productivity problems, not the team’s.”
“It was my fault.”
“I’ll fix it, but I need some help.”
“Tell me what I can do to help.”
When someone approaches you with a problem, how are you generally inclined to respond? Where do you lie on the personal responsibility spectrum?
I’d like a series of interview questions that help me gauge where a person is. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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1 Ben // Mar 19, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Thanks for another great visual representation.
I too would like some interview questions to help guage where a person is in the specturm. My fear, as with any interview questions, is that I will not get honest answers.
Will a follower answer in whatever way they think the asker wants to hear?
2 Garrett // Mar 19, 2007 at 3:07 pm
“I’d like a series of interview questions that help me gauge where a person is. Any suggestions would be appreciated.”
I would suggest not asking the questions. Anyone but a complete idiot, regardless of what they would actually do, will respond with a, “Oh I would take the blame or pitch right in to help” type answer. You’ll catch the complete idiots with other questions.
I’ve probably said this to you before, but if I were king I would never hire anyone directly. I would always hire them as a contractor first for a year and see how they shake out. Federal and/or state law probably prohibits that.
3 Information Technology Dark Side » Blog Archive » The Personal Responsibility Continuum // Mar 19, 2007 at 5:49 pm
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