Leader Analysis Paper Template and Notes
This document is used to guide your interview process, questions and writing. You are not required to use
this outline and template.
Introduction:
1. Tell me what is the name of the company for whom you work, what is your current role,
and how long have you been in this role?
Company Name:
Current Role:
How Long:
Tell me a little bit about how you came be in your current position and how many direct and
indirect reports you have as a leader.
Beliefs, Values/Morals, and Ethics (Chapter 13 and ethics handout)
2. Tell me about a time when you were confronted with an ethical dilemma. What were your
guiding beliefs that determined how you approached an ethical decision?
How do others perceive you as an ethical leader and on what would you base that
perception?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
Chronosystemic and Microsystemic influences:
3. Who influenced you the most in terms of being a leader and how did they impact who you
are as a leader?
Tell me about a time in your life when you first realized that you could be a real leader.
How have you kept that experience a part of who you are as a leader?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
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Leadership traits: (use only a couple sentences from the interview for each question below)
4. According to the research on leadership, higher levels of extraversion (being a person
who is outgoing), openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness
(dependability and attention to detail), are all associated with better leadership.
Which areas do you personally see as important to your leadership and how do these
traits influence you to be a better leader in your organization?
What are 3 long-term, inherent, qualities (i.e., what you were born with – intelligence,
height, etc.) do you have as a leader that impacts the willingness of people in your
organization to follow you more readily?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above. Your analysis should lead you to say
where the leader is with respect to these areas and include material from your
textbook, research articles, videos, and lectures. Your evaluation should include
whether the leader is a “good/bad/indifferent leader – and why you think so.]
Skills:
5. Over your years as a leader, what leadership skills (those things you can learn) have you
specifically set out to improve and why?
What specific steps did you take to improve those areas of your leadership? What was
most helpful? What obstacles did you encounter and how did you learn to overcome
them?
Which of these skills did you find easiest to learn (i.e., you had a real talent for learning)?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
Diversity:
6. Diversity; Gender, Race, Culture, etc. How important to you as a leader that you, the
company you work for, and your team value diversity? Tell me about how you as a leader
use your position and influence to promote diversity.
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[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
Leadership approaches (Chapters 5 – 12, and 14 – 16 from your textbook and online course material)
7. Pick two or three leadership approaches from the following list that you use to lead others.
– Situational (you as a leader adapt to your subordinates)
– Authentic (you are able to be yourself and share who you really are with others)
– Adaptive (you as a leader adapt to an event or series of events)
– Servant (you as a leader serve your subordinates to help them achieve what they want)
– Transformational (you are able to get subordinates to perform beyond what they
think they can do)
– Team (you as a leader get everyone to work together for the betterment of all)
How do you use them to help you be a better leader?
How do others in your organization view your approaches to leadership?
What guiding principles have you adopted to help you lead your team more effectively?
And how have you integrated them into your leadership style?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
Trust:
7. How do you go about fostering “trust” with those who are your leaders? Your peers? And
your subordinates?
Provide a recent example of how you maintained trust as a leader through how you
interacted with someone?
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[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
Mistakes/missteps
8. Everyone makes mistakes as a leader. Tell me about one of your mistakes and what did
you learned from that situation that helped you be a better leader today?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
Response to Challenges
9. Tell me about a time when you faced a significant challenge as a leader. How did you
react? What leadership strategy guided you?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]
BONUS: Thinking about all the leaders you have known or read about, how would you rate
yourself as a leader (use a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being “Worst Leader Ever” to 10
being “An Exceedingly Great Leader”)?
Why did you give yourself this rating?
[Using a relevant quote – i.e., data – demonstrate both analysis and evaluation of
the information/data from the questions above.]

2. Compare and contrast the modernization theory and dependency theory. Which do you think is more useful for explaining global inequality? Explain, using examples.
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