Leadership — Judgement
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2 min readSep 9, 2020
Judgement is most impeccable quality of a leader. Everybody can decide on something but how many decisions were right, most of the time.
எண்ணித் துணிக கருமந் துணிந்தபின்
எண்ணுவ மென்ப திழுக்கு.( 467)Thiruvalluvar says in Kural 467:
“Any task should be started after a deep thinking.
Reconsidering the decision later is a disgrace.”
Traits of good judgement
- Unbiased
- Facts based
- Good Morale
- Validating the unknown
- Empathy
- Multiple perspective
Do’s for better judgement
- Never answer immediately, analyze
- Analyze deeper
- Ask — What If
- Never pick from your experience , understand the complexity
- Break down the complexity
- Remove the adjectives, look for the verb
- Open to views
Have you made any decisive decisions ?
- How did you handle a demanding product owner ?
- Describe a time you made a mistake ?
- Tell me about a time you applied judgment to a decision when data was not available
- Tell me about a time you had very little information about a project but still had to move forward and resolved it.
- Tell me about a time you did not see eye to eye with your manager and how you resolved it.
- Tell me about a time there was a conflict between members of your team and how you resolved it.
- How do you handle someone who really wants a promotion but isn’t ready?
- Tell me a time you had a conflict with another manager and how it went.
Behaviour Interview inputs
Everyone is NOT a great story teller. STAR approach is great guideline but your mind will go all around because you want to dump all, stop doing that
Use keywords
- 1 min honest story — is yours, Never fake. Please dig your experiences.
- In Task — felt responsible, need to guide, no one was stepping in, chance to prove my analytical skill, remove obstacles
- In Action — Analysed, showed examples, explained the gap, created roadmap, executed, went beyond to find the unknown, took help from other leaders
- Outcome — your honest story outcome, both positive or negative with stating Because…
