[What's your business blindspot?]

You’ve been thinking about starting a new side project. A week after the idea hits, you

Are so excited and can't stop thinking about all the great parts...you also can't stop thinking about what happens if it fails or people laugh at it.

Have made a few changes to the original idea, but are still focused on the overall goal.

Put it on the back burner; you have other responsibilities and things that require your time.

Are so excited about it, you haven’t even been to take your next step because everything time you think about it you get caught up in a new piece of the idea.

Have developed a full step by step plan of how to make it happen without interfering with your current responsibilities.

You just completed a team presentation you’ve been spent the last week prepping for, but your part didn’t go as great as you’d hoped. After the presentation you:

Reflect on what went well, what didn’t, and how to incorporate more of the good stuff in the next one

Move on to the next project, there’s no need focusing on something that can’t be redone

talk with the team to see how they feel about it and ask if you could have done something different

Find a new method to prepare for presentations and plan to try it out the next time.

Feel upset or embarrassed and worry about possible repercussions for the next couple days

Your ideal weekend may involve:

Spending hours focused on making progress with one large project or task.

Going out with a group of friends and maybe even taking part in some karaoke.

Volunteering with a community project.

Successfully checking off everything on your to-do list and planning the week to come.

It depends on how the week was and if you’re feeling a strike of inspiration or motivation.

You’re at a networking event and can be found:

Networking, networking, networking. You are there to meet people after all.

Being the center of attention, regaling a new group of people with your latest idea.

Having a one-on-one conversation with someone you noticed didn’t have anyone to talk with.

Talking with specific people you’ve scoped out on LinkedIn.

Watching from the side, not sure if anyone really wants to talk with you.

In your opinion, the hardest type of question at a job interview is:

�Tell me about a time something went wrong and you had to change plans” Once you have a plan, you stick to it.

�What is your time management system?” What time management? You work on stuff as inspiration strikes.

“How did you handle a time when you had problems with a coworker?” Most of the time you can figure out how to work with anyone.

�Give an example of when you incorporated team feedback on a project.” If it’s your project, it’s your call.

�Tell me about a time when you had to make a snap decision.” Making a quick decision is hard, you prefer to have time to think things through.

It’s the deadline for you to get a piece of a project from a coworker, but they say they don’t have it because other work responsibilities came up. You:

Are challenged and determined to make the larger project still happen on time.

Are not surprised because every time you’ve inquired about progress, they didn’t have a clear answer.

Ask what you can do to help.

Feel frustrated and wish they had given you some notice about possibly missing the deadline.

Become very stressed because you’re not sure what to do now and not confident the larger project can be completed on time..

One individual is habitually late to standing weekly meetings you lead and you’ve decided to talk to them about it. How do you do it?

Talk to them after the meeting and directly say they need to be on time.

Quickly ask them about it in the moment in front of the rest of attendees.

Wait until after the meeting and ask if that time doesn’t work for their schedule.

Make a note to talk to them about it at the next one-on-one meeting you have with them.

Decide to let it go; you don’t want them to be upset with you, and it’s not that big of a deal.

You are most often recognized and praised for which type of behavior in performance reviews:

Remembering the purpose of the project and not getting lost in the weeds.

Your enthusiasm for new initiatives.

Taking time to help others on the team.

Your attention to detail.

Openness to feedback.

You get the most accomplished when:

You can tune out the rest of the world and focus on the task at hand.

You are given a new exciting task to tackle.

You know the rest of the team has the support they need.

You have a clear, step by step plan.

You’re passionate about the task.

[What's your business blindspot?]

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