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EXECUTIVE-SEARCH5 MIN READ

Open Up a Guarded Reference

Use STAR and SBI prompts to elicit concrete executive behavior from a guarded reference.

Morgan M Former board member 1 Ground 2 Probe 3 Test Reference call Morgan is positive but vague. You need evidence on founder conflict. A glowing reference without a story cannot answer the search risk. critical risk to test vague adjectives already used STAR evidence structure needed Dialogue model Endorsement -> episode -> impact

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