Exercise: What is Behaviour

Statement / Good
Example / Bad
Example
  1. I consider she had been the leader of the group

  1. While doing a day release course, she saw that an exam and the end of a major work project would be in the same week. She asked her tutor if she could take the exam a week earlier

  1. From what she said it was clear that she breaks down under pressure

  1. She made some very creative statements

  1. When she was the club Treasurer, she invested surplus funds in a building society account

  1. She was a very good Administrator in her last job

  1. She saw inconsistencies in the different ways Advisors demoed products. Therefore, on her own, she wrote a ‘best practice’ guide for them to follow

  1. She was a very pretty girl

  1. He was very sincere when he told me about his social work with the hospital

  1. When I asked her about her career plans, she said that she wants to work in a senior position with responsibility for policy making

  1. He was smoking a cigarette when he came into the room

  1. He gave me a lot of information about his role as Senior Sales

  1. She asked me eight questions about our pension scheme, three of which I had never considered

  1. She took notes during the appraisal and referred to them when I gave her a chance to ask questions

  1. Her reasons for not being able to achieve the standard required were very good

  1. She was most diligent in following up her questions to me

  1. While I was asking him questions, he sat well back in his chair, with his legs crossed, and frequently smiled when he replied

  1. When I asked her a question, she would often pause for up to ten seconds before replying

  1. He knew a lot about the OTIS system

  1. He told me that he was not able to attend the meeting on the first date given, as his Senior Sales was on holiday

  1. When I asked her how she allocated time between routine work and special projects, she said that both had deadlines and she used the deadlines for establishing priorities and allocating time

  1. When I told her how I would handle the meeting she was most interested

  1. When I asked him what he had found most difficult in planning for this meeting, he said deciding what to wear

  1. There is no doubt that he interviewed very well, but I consider that he would not be acceptable in that job

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