Regardless of your business strategies, flawless execution and implementation is reliant on the leadership of your organization. As the Assistant Director of Talent Development, you have been charged with analyzing a front line leader.

1. Develop a clear picture of the skills, knowledge, experience, and personality attributes your leader needs in order to excel in your organization and culture. Refer to readings, podcasts, or other external research on this topic.

2. Identify a leader in your workplace to interview. It should be an individual who has been in a leadership position for a minimum of two years. It is important to focus on both the individual's overall concept of leadership, standards for how that general view ought to be implemented, and the respondent's recollection of a specific incident when the concepts were applied. Use any of the theoretical frames in your readings to guide the inquiry process. (Ethics, Decision Making, Motivation, Power and Politics, Communication and Key leadership traits, styles and behaviors).

3. If you are not familiar with the process of conducting interviews, review any book on qualitative research that contains information regarding basic techniques for conducting interviews. There are also some Websites that might help you to get started: