Management Interview Guide

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MANAGEMENT INTERVIEW GUIDE DUE DILIGENCE NOTE: SGS and RM should customize this guide. If there are specific known barriers, these should be explored.

CURRENT STATE What is working? ● What is not working? ●

FUTURE STATE - WHERE ARE WE GOING? Where will we be in 5 years? ● Where should we be in 12 months? ●

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CASE FOR CHANGE - WHY CHANGE? What excites you about the future state you described? ● Is that a compelling reason to change? ● What happens if we don’t change? ●

BARRIERS - WHAT CHALLENGES WILL WE ENCOUNTER? What is holding us back from advancing towards your future state? ●

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External issues ○

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STRATEGIES - HOW DO WE GET THERE? Given the barrier, what are the top five things we need to do to move from our current state to the future state?

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When? ○

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Priority ○

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Is there an order of work that needs to be done?

What is the most important initiative?

Who needs to be involved? ○

Current team

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New team

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What resources do you need?

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How open is current management to pursuing a “gender-smart” strategy that would enact changes at different levels of the company, and possibly within the value chain (e.g., creating a gender balanced management team, adopting gender-sensitive HR policies, implementing gender-smart marketing and sales tactics, etc.)?

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