How Far Outside the Box is Your Thinking?

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Could you be an executive with vision focused on the big picture? Take our fun executive-caliber quiz to find out if you have what it takes to reach the top.

Readers of "The Management Secrets of T. John Dick" will have picked up valuable tips that will give them an advantage, but anyone can enjoy this quiz. Obviously, your ambition must be to be as much like TJ as possible, but try to be honest. At the end, you'll find out which character in the T. John Dick books you most resemble.

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  1. What are the most important features of a high-performing executive's office?
  2. Which of the following activities is most important for your company's success?
  3. Your new Product Development Procedure is superior to the alternative proposed by the VP of Engineering at the same meeting because...
  4. You are organizing a top-level executive meeting attended by your boss. Which is the most important?
  5. You are organizing a departmental team meeting for your staff. Nobody important will be there. Which is the most important?
  6. TJ is not always happy about his nickname at the office. Which is the nickname that you would say best matches you?
  7. in "The Rise and Fall of T. John Dick," only one of the following offenses directly leads to TJ firing someone. In your opinion, which is the most compelling reason to fire a subordinate?
  8. You are known at your local golf club because...
  9. TJ has said that, if he were not a top-flight senior executive in a dynamic forward-looking company, he would probably be a marriage counselor. Which of the following is the most important in applying the strengths which have guided your success in your professional life to your personal life?
  10. You have turned up for an important meeting of the board, only to find the meeting room occupied by your arch-nemesis. Whose fault is it and why?
  11. Which would form the best basis of an advertising campaign for the pumps your company produces?
  12. You enter your office and are confronted by something you do not recognize. Which of the following is it most likely to be?

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