Comments on: Interview tip: Manage your image by telling good stories http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: leese http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-147396 leese Fri, 16 May 2008 13:31:48 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-147396 Fascinating. I know this is a blog about business but this very issue, not being able to understand the story of my education and career trajectory, led me to take up astrology and later numerology. While no silver bullet, the latter especially helped me understand my motivations, cravings and passions within a coherent framework. I'm actually kicking around a book idea that helps others discover the underpinnings of their work lives cast in the light of their numerological blueprint. Not everyone accepts the veracity of different spiritual traditions, but it sure makes for a great story! Fascinating. I know this is a blog about business but this very issue, not being able to understand the story of my education and career trajectory, led me to take up astrology and later numerology.

While no silver bullet, the latter especially helped me understand my motivations, cravings and passions within a coherent framework. I’m actually kicking around a book idea that helps others discover the underpinnings of their work lives cast in the light of their numerological blueprint.

Not everyone accepts the veracity of different spiritual traditions, but it sure makes for a great story!

]]> By: kenneth http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-48855 kenneth Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:07:47 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-48855 I was asked to leave my previous job, by the president in the indian office, however I later understood that he had convinced the Asia Regional office by giving them wrong information. Less than 9 months later matter caught up with this president and he has been asked to leave himself and a new person has been appointed in his place. The company is a good company and i have been keeping in touch with the Asian Regional office and I would like to go back. However, i do not know whether a) I should wait for them to ask me and b) If, i am called for reassessment by the new president, what should i tell him the reason of my leaving and now wanting to come back ? Offcourse all at the Asian regional office know the truth, but if I have to tell the truth then it will seem that I am bad mouthing the ex-president. Kindly advise. <strong>* * * * * *</strong> <I>What a mess. Is there no other company for you to work for? Why not go to a company that does not have such big management problems? Then you wouldn't have to worry about any of this. If you must go back to this company, though, and the Asian office knows the whole of your situation, then why not get a friend there to arrange for the company to extend an offer for you to come back? Seems like if you are well liked at the company then you can manoeuver to get someone to offer your job back to you. And if you are not well liked there right now, it's probably not a good idea to go back. Penelope</I> I was asked to leave my previous job, by the president in the indian office, however I later understood that he had convinced the Asia Regional office by giving them wrong information. Less than 9 months later matter caught up with this president and he has been asked to leave himself and a new person has been appointed in his place. The company is a good company and i have been keeping in touch with the Asian Regional office and I would like to go back. However, i do not know whether a) I should wait for them to ask me and b) If, i am called for reassessment by the new president, what should i tell him the reason of my leaving and now wanting to come back ? Offcourse all at the Asian regional office know the truth, but if I have to tell the truth then it will seem that I am bad mouthing the ex-president. Kindly advise.

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What a mess. Is there no other company for you to work for? Why not go to a company that does not have such big management problems? Then you wouldn’t have to worry about any of this.

If you must go back to this company, though, and the Asian office knows the whole of your situation, then why not get a friend there to arrange for the company to extend an offer for you to come back? Seems like if you are well liked at the company then you can manoeuver to get someone to offer your job back to you. And if you are not well liked there right now, it’s probably not a good idea to go back.

Penelope

]]> By: kv http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-843 kv Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:53:49 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-843 Since most companies now use behaviorial questions for interviewing, the importance of storytelling cannot be overstated. I have had a chance to interview some people, and it takes some preparation to be able to set up answers that intrigue the listeners interest. It is easy to state the facts. There was a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review in May 2003 that discusses how <a href="http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0306B" rel="nofollow">storytelling is a leadership trait.</a> Since most companies now use behaviorial questions for interviewing, the importance of storytelling cannot be overstated. I have had a chance to interview some people, and it takes some preparation to be able to set up answers that intrigue the listeners interest. It is easy to state the facts.

There was a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review in May 2003 that discusses how storytelling is a leadership trait.

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