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I read a great post, and I mean a great and meaningful post over the The Career Encourgement blogearlier. The part of the post offering the most insight to me was a question that is offered to be considered when considering any opportunity. “Who are the role models” in the new company or organization you are looking at joining? To me, this was a red light and siren going off. What a question? With its answers, one could essentially answer their internal voice to determine if they should work or not work.

Think about what the question is asking. Who are the role models…what does that mean? Here are few things that come to mind:

These are the people whom the company emulates. These are the people that the company looks to when things become difficult. How they would handle something. This offers the morale character of the company. You can measure it from whom the role models are. It gives you a good idea of where the company is headed. Look at the role models and their paths, that will give you a clue where this company is going. Look at the personal lives of the people that they hold as role models. It will open your mind to what the people in leadership prescribe to. What they hold important and how you will mesh with their environment.

These are just a few of the things that come to mind when I see this question posed. I already find myself looking to integrate this into my interviews to better understand people and where they are headed. The question, which I have not used to this point, symbolizes so much more than the few words that it requires. It can offer a broad scope picture of a person, or a company, to fully understand whom they are, where they are going, and under what sort of path they will seek to accomplish their goals. With that, one can make a solid decision knowing the foundation is derived from some good information.