Interviewing your "gonna be manager"

Lately, it has been a very hectic month for me. To explore something new is intriguing, yet it's exhausting. Magazine publishing is something I never imagine to come into and this IS the real test case for my entrepreneurial knowledge application.

One of the hardest responsibilities of mine is to choose the Manager, in this case is a Chief Editor since it's me the GM. So, is there any ways out there how to choose such manager how to find someone you don't even know them (personally) yet whom you will depend your reputation on? plus you don't have a lot of budget in your pocket to hire a head hunter or even to persuade your competitors' resources.

One of the methods available is to interview them your self. It would be better if you've been knowing them somehow but how if you don't? Sometime interview becomes very formal and merely superficial. It's just like a first date. Everything looks so perfect and beautiful.

So, how to escape from such situation? According to Jack Welch, there are some key questions you have to ask them:
First, make sure yourself about they integration.

IF this requirement has been fulfilled, all you have to do is to ask what you want to know; vision, leadership, crisis management and whether it's original.

Vision is the most important things. The different between leader and manager is whether they have a vision or no. You have to see how they see their environment, comparing the data surround or applied consensus. You could ask them to reveal their best example in anticipating the market change situation.

After, you may come to their leadership. It's much better if you have their record in your hand. Managerial questions like how their recruitment process, problems faced or even to ask their successful "students' out there.

Next, a crisis management is something you don't want to miss. Every leader has their own crisis time and it's very useful to know how they handle the situations, the method, the brave and the experiences. Ask them whether they have been in position against everyone else? or ask them about they biggest integration "sin".

There were some questions Jack has provided and yet it's not that easy as seen. I have been in this situation and need to make a critical decision to bring "Edukasia" forward.