Procedure 1. Make an appointment to interview a leader. It can be a leader working in a business or nonprofit organization, such as a government agency, school, and so on. Base the interview on the form provided here, but feel free to add your own questions.

2. Bring the results of your interview to class. Form into groups as assigned by your instructor. Share the responses from your interview with your group and compare answers. What issues were similar? Different? Were the stress levels of leaders working in nonprofit organizations as high as those working in for-profit firms? Were you surprised at the number of hours per week worked by leaders?

3. Be prepared to summarize the interviews done by your group as a formal written report if asked to do so by the instructor.

Interview Questionnaire Student’s Name ____ Date ____ 1. Position in the organization (title):

2. Number of years in current position:

Number of years of managerial experience:

3. Number of people directly supervised:

4. Average number of hours worked a week:

5. How did you get into leadership?

6. What is the most rewarding part of being a leader?

7. What is the most difficult part of your job?

8. What would you say are the keys to success for leaders?

9. What advice do you have for an aspiring leader?

10. What type of ethical issues have you faced as a leader?

11. If you were to enroll in a leadership seminar, what topics or issues would you want to learn more about?

12. (Student question)

Gender: M ____ F ____ Years of formal education ____ Level of job stress: Very high ____ High ____ Average ____ Low ____ Profit organization ____ Nonprofit organization ____ Additional information/Comments: