It can be overwhelming trying to get started on writing something you want to share with your organization’s leaders and coworkers. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Why are you passionate about your company?
- What culture would you like to see in your company?
- What do you want to learn from leaders in your company?
- What makes you feel accomplished?
- Which of your company values do you hold highest?
- Who is living out your company’s values? What characteristics do they display?
- What brought you to your company?
- Who were some of your mentors and what did you learn from them?
- What do you think makes a good coworker?
- What are some of the customer success or impact stories from your department?
- Talk about the one person who has been kindest to you at work?
- Who has had a big influence on your life? What lessons did that person teach you?
- What do you feel most grateful for in your life?
- What are some of the most important lessons you’ve learned so far?
- What encouraging things do you remember about your very first job?
- What are you proudest of in your career?
- How has your work life been different than what you’d imagined?
- How would you like to be remembered long after your retirement?
- Do you have any regrets?
- Is there anything you want your coworkers to know about you that they likely don’t know?
- Talk about the hardest thing you’ve ever done.
- What invention would you like to see in your lifetime?
- Besides your mom, who knows you best and why?
- What does a typical Monday morning look like at work?
- What was your worst vacation?
- What made you laugh today?
- What’s something you changed your mind about recently?
- How do you make a positive impact in your community?
- What under-$100 item has most improved your life?
- What is the scariest thing you’ve ever done just for fun?
- Talk about the best project you ever worked on.
- What is one of your happiest memories?
- What do you know now that you wish you’d known at your high school graduation?
- What do you know now that you wish you’d known before you got married?
- What do you know now that you wish you’d known before you had kids?
- If someone were to guess your personality based on your handwriting, what would they say?
- If you could invent anything to make your job easier, what would it be?
- Do you prefer to donate time or money to those in need? Why?
- What is the best day of the year for you?
- What is the greatest gift you have ever gotten, and what made it so great?
- What is the greatest mistake you’ve ever made?
- When did you first know what it was you wanted to do with your life?
- What is your greatest fear and why?
- What is your most deeply held belief?
- If someone could answer one question for you, what would that question be and why?
- What small bit of advice would you give to someone just starting work at your company?
- What are you interested in that probably no one else is?
- What are you absolutely determined to do at your company before you retire?
- Who has impressed you most with what they’ve accomplished?
- How do you relax after a hard day of work?
- Where do you usually go when you have time off?
- What risks have you taken that were worth it?
- Who inspires you to be better?
- What’s the hardest lesson you’ve learned?
- Which of your scars has the best story behind it?
- What were some of the turning points in your life?
- What’s the worst advice you’ve ever received?
- When was the last time you changed your opinion about something major?
- What are some events in your life that made you who you are today?
- What keeps you up at night?
- What makes someone a good leader in your opinion?
- Tell us a story of a leader who has impacted your life.
- Tell us about your hometown.
- How did you start at our company? Why did you choose to work here?
- Why is it important for leaders to be good listeners?
- What do you think is your biggest personal success? What about your biggest professional success?