LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE
Communication & Executive Presence
Whether you can explain a complex tradeoff clearly and concisely to an audience that was not in the room for the details, including at the executive or board level.
← All 16 dimensions in the competency frameworkWhat strong evidence looks like
- A specific instance of simplifying a complex decision for a senior audience
- What that audience did differently because of how it was communicated
What weak evidence looks like
- Describes being "a strong communicator" with no specific audience or message
- No resulting decision or action tied to the communication described
A real follow-up question
“Walk me through exactly what you said to the executive who disagreed, and what they said back.”
Questions like this follow directly from what you just said, not from a fixed script -- they exist to find out whether an answer holds up, not to check a box.
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See where you actually stand on this
A self-assessment only goes so far. The adaptive interview tests exactly this kind of evidence, in your own words, with follow-up questions built to find out whether it holds up.