> I said I would spend my first 3 months understanding and observing. The director retorted and asked rhetorically what if my team complained that I wasn’t doin

> I said I would spend my first 3 months understanding and observing. The director retorted and asked rhetorically what if my team complained that I wasn’t doing any work? It's possible that the interviewer was of the "Jack Welch mindset" and worships action and making snap-decisions-- Captain Kirk style. A LOT of people see that as the ultimate model behavior for an executive. Or maybe, he instead asked that to see how you would push back to the inevitable pressure from others in the org that wouldn't respect someone that's not biased for action?