Questions Companies Should Ask Themselves

• What is our mission?
• Is our organization formal or informal? Why?
• What are our communication norms? E-mail? Voice mail? Individual conversations?
• Do we have scheduled meetings or more ad-hoc meetings?
• How important are relationships? How does one build them?
• How are decisions made? Where does power reside?
• Who are the key people this role needs to influence?
• What happens when mistakes are made?
• Did the previous incumbent succeed or fail? Why?
• How do you recognize or celebrate success for individual achievement? For groups?
• What’s more important – team performance or strong individual contributions? Individual achievement or collegial consensus?
• Do we rely on statistics and data or experience and intuition?
• How do we share goals and progress with employees?