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Leadership Styles:
2: Burns stated, leadership is exercised when persons mobilize institutional, political, and
psychological and other resources so as to arouse, engage, and satisfy the motives of
followers. What do you think of this statement? How do you motivate/encourage your
followers?
3: What are the important values you uphold and demonstrate to your subordinates?
4: How do you manage conflicts should arguments arise between your subordinates?
5: Was there a situation where you had different opinions from other leaders? If yes, were you
able to persuade the leader to change his/her opinion? If no, what would you do to persuade
the leaders to change their opinion?
6: Explain a situation where you took up the leadership role during a project or activity. Can
you explain in detail your role and how each individual react to your leadership style?
Behavior:
7: Is there a difference in the way you manage your new and older employees?
9: According to the LPC questionnaire you did earlier on, it shows that you are more of a
__________ orientation person. Can you provide a scenario where you displayed this
behavior?
Traits:
10: What are some traits you possess which makes you an effective leader? In what instance
have you demonstrated this behavior?
Skills:
11: Leadership development is an ongoing process, how do you learn from daily
experiences?
12: Can you please provide a situation where you demonstrated leadership skills?
Power:
13: Please share with me a situation where you effectively delegated work to your
subordinates?
14: What are some of the factors you take into consideration before deciding when to
delegate the job?
Influence Tactics:
15: House et el said that leadership is the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and
enable others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organization. How
do you influence your subordinates to work towards the same goal as you?
4) How do you motivate your employees to perform optimally and ensure employee productivity?
5) How have you supported, developed and recognized your employees?
6) Having operated the company from before to after the dotcom boom, how did you prepare and
manage your staff through these changes?
7) What are some of your personal traits that have helped you in your leadership journey?
8) What skills do you possess that has helped you to lead your staff and grow the company? (E.g. it
can be certain technical, interpersonal or conceptual skills that you have)
9) Having worked at various levels of managerial position and industry sectors prior to this, how
have you differed in leveraging your skills set?
10) How do you exert power and influence over your employees? What are the times where there are
downsides to the power and influenced used?
11) How do you deal with disagreements and conflicts within the company?
12) How do you influence your subordinates when making a major decision about your company or
change their mind when they disagree?
13) How do you empower other staff to make business decisions when you are away (e.g. on business
trips)?
14) How and why do you work alongside with your subordinates to involve them in new company
projects or product developments?
15) How did you rally the staff and build morale when the company met with challenges?
16) How does your leadership style differ when leading the Singapore team compared to that of Japan?
17) How do you adapt your leadership style to these different situations you faced?
18) What were some situations in which you may have failed as a leader and what do you think were
the reasons?
19) What do your employees think of you as a leader? In what ways do they share your vision, beliefs
and values?
20) How do you describe your relationship with your employees? How have you inspired your
employees and contribute to their professional or personal growth and development?
4. Would you change or cater your style of leadership in relation to the situation as well as with
different employees?
5. What is the most important value/s you look for in all your employees?
6. How would you deal with an employee that does not follow your instruction?
8. Are you someone that is more focused on accomplishing a task as compared to maintaining
and observing the morale of the workforce?
9. In your team, are you someone that is more focused on setting the direction, create vision, as
compared to focus more on implementing the vision?
10. In most decision making process do you come up with the decision or others contribute to the
decision making process?
11. What do you think is the most important quality/ trait to being a good leader?
12. Do you have any role model or leader in life that you wish to be able to follow or model your
leadership style to?
13. Any particular aspect of your leadership you would like to improve on?