>>Me; “To be paid well to do what that man asks me to do.”<<
You don’t get hired by me. If I wanted a lackey, I would have asked for a lackey. The absolute last thing in the world I want from anyone at the management or above level is to require me (as “the man”) to be responsible for managing your activities.
The proper answer is: “To use my skills and background to deliver value — in concrete and measurable ways. By doing this I will do my part in helping the enterprise to move forward. In essence: to be the best (rolename) in the company and improve from there.”
You don’t get hired by me. If I wanted a lackey, I would have asked for a lackey. The absolute last thing in the world I want from anyone at the management or above level is to require me (as “the man”) to be responsible for managing your activities.
The proper answer is: “To use my skills and background to deliver value — in concrete and measurable ways. By doing this I will do my part in helping the enterprise to move forward. In essence: to be the best (rolename) in the company and improve from there.”
LOL - yeah, you don't want a lackey - you want a Politically Correct lackey, who correctly recites PC phrases that boil down to doing what you want people to do - which starts with speaking in such a way as to cover your ass, so that you don't have to be responsible for being the one that told them what to do - so that you can take credit for successes, and blame them for failures.
In other words, you're one of those "make your own job" crypto-micro-management hypocrites.
what do you guys do if they ask what you GPA was?
I always tell them my GPA. Then say; “I graduated college when a “C” was a “C”.” Today it seems like everybody is an honor student.