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Dec 2024
20m 41s

How to Answer “Tell Us About Yourself”

Essential Communications - Tom Henschel
About this episode

A senior leader, upset about having flubbed her reply to ‘Tell us about yourself’ during a high-stakes interview, talks with her coach about how to prepare for what she considers to be an incredibly stupid question. 


Categories in the archive to explore:

Communication Skills

Executive Presence

Presentation Skills


Six episodes to dive into:

34 - Keeping Repeated Materials Fresh

77 - The Power of Rehearsal

65 - Sorting & Labeling

180 - Becoming Expert

114 - Gravitas

124 - Personal Branding


For help Sorting & Labeling, download the PDF.


For help finding your three words, use our Needs & Values assessment.


For a new way of thinking about interviewing: Interviewology, The New Science of Interviewing.”


For career guidance, Michele Calderigi, head of Next Career, is a seasoned counselor.


Lois Frankel’s Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office remains a favorite among senior women in the workplace.


Curious about coaching? Reach out to Tom here.

 

Free transcripts of this and every episode are available here. 


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Safe and sane holidays, everyone!


from The Look & Sound of Leadership team 

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