Leadership Questions

Amanda Taylor, Unit Superintendent PAO/1-Hex

2026-05-28

Another individual who’s been highly regarded for experience and forthrightness was Amanda. She’s the unit superintendent at PAO/1-Hex, having recently stepped up into the role back in October. I’m both extremely curious how she goes about the new(ish) role and also how she’s grown from a new hire into one of the risers in the company.

Amanda,

I'm trying to sit down with leaders and learn about how they think about the role/their careers. Terri and Leandra recommended I reach out to you.

Here’s some example questions I’ve been thinking about, but it can be a more free-flowing conversation.

 

  • What's been your career path? what's been the role you felt you grew in the most?

  • What’s something you wish you knew early in your career?

  • Was there a time you messed up and felt like you’d failed? How did you bounce back?

  • What makes a “good leader”? who are some of the people you look at as great leaders and what do they do so well?

  • Which leadership skills were the most difficult to develop?

  • How do you interview people/identify talent?

  • How do you approach collecting feedback from your team when some individuals are more vocal than others?

  • What’s one change you’d like to make here that you haven’t been able to?

 

If this time doesn’t work, please let me know and I’ll reschedule.

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