what questions to ask your business mentor?
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["What's the best advice you can give to help plan a career rather than simply work to keep a job?", 'How do you encourage innovative ideas?', 'How would you describe your personal style?', 'Do you have a mentor? ... ', 'What do you do to constantly challenge your underlying beliefs and assumptions?']
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['What three books would we find on your bookshelf at home? ... ', 'What advice would you have for yourself if you could go back 20 years in your career? ... ', 'Have you ever considered a major change from this career (or company) and if so, what kept you here? ... ', 'Who outside of our industry inspires you?']
1311343
[' What are your favorite things to work on? ... ', " What have your past managers done that you'd like me to also do or not do?", ' What are your career goals and where did your last manager leave off with them?', ' How do you like to receive feedback?']
417211
['How is your business going?', 'What are you doing this weekend/How was your weekend?', "I've gotten a sense of your business from your website and marketing. ... ", 'How did you hear about us?', 'What was your past experience buying X?']
801596
['How has your background prepared you for sales? ... ', 'How do you feel about working to targets? ... ', 'Have you ever lost an opportunity to do business with an important partner? ... ', 'Pick something in this room and then sell it to me. ... ', 'What does your ideal customer look like?']
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['What experience do you have handling projects and companies like mine? ... ', 'Are there any conflicts of interest that I should be aware of? ... ', 'What strategy do you have in mind? ... ', 'What will this cost me? ... ', 'How much time will this take? ... ', 'What mode of communication do you prefer? ... ', 'How do you envision our professional relationship?']
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['Is there any material I can read in advance of my start date? ... ', 'Who are my team members and what are their roles? ... ', "What is the biggest priority/challenge you're working on right now? ... ", 'How is X done and why? ... ', "What does the organizational 'culture' look like on a daily basis? ... ", 'What does success look like for my role?']
610854
['Who are the founders, and what expertise do they have?', 'How is the business being funded? Who are the investors?', 'Does the product or service being sold have potential?', 'What is the longer-term plan of the business?', 'Are you ready to work in a startup?', 'Conclusion.']
795763
['What new things am I learning? This is the most important thing for me. ... ', 'Where is my career going? You need a vision. ... ', 'How meaningful is my work? I want to feel satisfied with my work at the end of the day.', "What can I do that I'm currently not doing? ... ", 'How can I get better at what I do?']
1360335
['If You Are an Employer.', 'If You Are Doing Market Research.', 'Who is your role model?', 'Who knows you the best?', 'What would your friends say about you?', 'What is the question people ask you most often?', "What is the thing you'd never say to another person?", 'What is your greatest achievement?']
915492
['What are your clients saying about you? ... ', 'What do you know about my industry? ... ', 'What do you know about my company? ... ', "Who's going to work on my initial matter? ... ", 'Can you give me some concrete examples of how you add value to your clients beyond legal work on a specific matter?']
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["What's going well in your role? ... ", 'What challenges are you facing? ... ', 'What is the business doing, or can be doing, to make you more successful? ... ', 'How are you feeling? ... ', 'On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you? ... ', "What's the best thing that happened to you this week, either at work or outside of it?"]
1238835
['What gets you excited about coming to work?', 'What was the last really great book you read?', 'What surprises people about you?', 'If you were going to start your own business, what would it be?', "What's the biggest problem in most offices today?"]
932135
["What Are Your Company's Goals For The Year? ... ", 'What Needs To Change In Your Company To Meet These Goals? ... ', 'What Skills Do Your Staff Need? ... ', 'What Skills Do Your Staff Currently Have? ... ', 'What Knowledge Gaps Exist Within Your Team?']
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["What's the biggest change your group has gone through in the last year? ... ", 'If I get the job, how do I earn a “gold star” on my performance review? ... ', "What's your (or my future boss') leadership style?", 'What are the three things I can contribute in the first 100 days to make you feel great about hiring me?']
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['#1: “What do you think will be my biggest challenge in this position?” ... ', '#2: “What are student behavior and discipline expectations?” ... ', "#3: For the school leader: “What's your leadership style?” ... ", '#4: “How will my success be evaluated?” ... ', '#5: “Is there a new teacher mentor program?”']
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['Do You Share the Same Vision for the Company? ... ', 'What are Your Strengths and Weaknesses? ... ', 'How Much Money Will You Each Contribute to the Business?']