Title: Which pirate most closely reflects your own business approach
1Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- When dressing for work, I choose
- A. Business standard I like to fit in.
(Morgan) - B. Can you say haute couture? (Bart)
- C. Whatever scares people from bugging me with
those asinine questions (Blackbeard) - D. Drag. (Bonny)
2Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- My management philosophy is
- A. Work smarter, not harder (Bonny)
- B. Be strict but fair (Bart)
- C. When one does well we all do well (Morgan)
- D. Work faster or youll be picking your teeth
out of your potted plant (Blackbeard)
3Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- When somebody performs well I
- A. Pay them. (Bart)
- B. Promote them. (Morgan)
- C. Share privileged information with them.
(Bonny) - D. Know they must be lying. (Blackbeard)
4Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- When somebody screws up I
- A. Calmly but firmly tell them what they did
wrong (Bart) - B. Tear into them with language you can only
hear on cable (Bonny) - C. Ignore them until they cry (Blackbeard)
- D. Outsource them (Morgan)
5Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- Loyalty to me means
- A. Keeping my secrets. (Bonny)
- B. Watching my back. (Bart)
- C. Doing my dirty work. (Blackbeard)
- D. Ten percent of your wages. (Morgan)
6Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- When I have to fire someone I
- A. Let them down easy. (Bonny)
- B. Offer a decent severance. (Bart)
- C. LOVE IT! (Morgan)
- D. Trick them into taking my stuff down to my
car and then have the locks changed. (Blackbeard)
7Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- Id say my motto is
- A. Quit yer whining and just do it. (Morgan)
- B. Forget talent image is everything.
(Blackbeard) - C. You can fool all of the people all of the
time (Bonny) - D. Dont do it unless you can do it better.
(Bart)
8Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- I try to create a workplace culture that is
- A. Pleasant, with lots of music (Bart)
- B. More diverse than one would think (Bonny)
- C. Party central (Blackbeard)
- D. Culture schmulture. How about just getting
your damn work done? (Morgan)
9Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- When going out for lunch, I . . .
- A. Never touch a drop of alcohol. I want my mind
sharp for the task at hand - B. A glass of Chardonnay would be nice.
- C. Hey, whats a martini or two? Even betterput
it on the company card. - D. Welcome to the Caribbean, love.
10Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- When approaching a major project I . . .
- A. Build a small team of highly trained
professionals (Morgan) - B. Try to think like the competition (Bonny)
- C. Wont do it unless I know I can blow
everybody else away (Bart) - D. Get all hands on deck more participants
means more chance to succeed and more people to
blame if we dont (Blackbeard)
11Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- As far as technology goes I
- A. Skip it. The old ways are best. (Morgan)
- B. Use it. When I need it. (Bonny)
- C. Exploit it. To be more competitive. (Bart)
- D. Accessorize with it. I have a PDA, cell
phone and mp3 player on my belt right now!
(Blackbeard)
12Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- I got to be a manager by
- A. Demonstrating extraordinary skill (Bart)
- B. Riding someone elses coattails (Bonny)
- C. Eliminating my so-called superior
(Blackbeard) - D. Showing how easy it is to beat others into
submission (Morgan)
13Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- My forte is
- A. Innovation. Im good at starting things.
(Morgan) - B. Perfection. Im good at refining what others
have begun. (Bart) - C. Consolidation. Im good at cutting the fat
away. (Blackbeard) - D. Liberation. Im good at freeing projects
from other people and making them my own.
14Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- The competition? I just . . .
- A. Extract my revenge with ruthless planning
(Bart) - B. Fend them off without the help of my staff
(Bonny) - C. Intimidate them (Blackbeard)
- D. Hang them up by their genitals (uh,
metaphorically speaking) (Morgan)
15Which pirate most closely reflects your own
business approach?
- For retirement I plan to
- A. Retire with great ceremony to an island in
the Caribbean. (Morgan) - B. Slip away from the office one day and never
come back. (Bonny) - C. Stay on til some young weasel with an MBA
from Big Friggin U pushes me out. (Blackbeard) - D. Retire? Theyll have to blast the company out
from under me. (Bart)