• Review the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership (below) and develop interviewquestions in
your own words reflecting these leadership practices. In case your interviewee is not familiar
with these practices, be prepared with additional questions to clarify the answers you are
seeking.
• Meet with a leader you respect and interview this person from the perspective of the five
practices of exemplary leadership. Ideally, you might try to find a leader working in a
position that interests you as a career.
• Due to Covid-19 safety precautions, we recommend interviewing in a video-conference
platform rather than in-person.
• If desired, record the interview for your own purpose and recall, but do not submit the
recording. Be prepared to transcribe (type out) the questions and answers word-for-word.
Do not use email or other written platforms to ask questions and receive answers.
Kouzes and Posner (2009) argue that despite differences in people’s individual stories, personal-best
leadership experiences revealed similar patterns of behavior. Keep this idea in mind as you interview
others.
Below are the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. Develop your own interview questions that
correspond with the 5 topics rather than copy and pasting the questions as they are written. It is not
uncommon for interviewees to not quite understand the intention of the question. Therefore, typically,
it is wise to develop a primary question for each of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership and be
prepared with one or more follow-up questions that help the interviewee to clarify their answer.
- Model the Way: Leaders establish principles concerning the way people should be treated and
the way goals should be pursued.
• How does the leader convey personal values to the team members?
• How does the leader engage the team members in discussion of their values?
• How does the leader build team agreement on shared values? - Inspire a Shared Vision: Leaders envision the future, creating a uniq
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