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    ApplicantMohan Kumar
    Applying toDuke University's Fuqua School of Business
    RecommenderRohan Kumar

    Applicant Information

    Applicant Name: Mohan Kumar

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    The Fuqua School of Business accepts the Common Letter of Recommendation (LOR), which is designed to save you valuable time, as the questions and written prompts will remain constant for all participating schools. This allows you to use the same answers for multiple letter submissions, alleviating the workload of having to answer different questions for each school multiple times.  

    In the Common LOR, you will be asked to assess the candidate on 12 character traits and competencies that contribute to successful leadership, and answer the following open-ended recommendation questions.

    1. Please provide a brief description of your interaction with the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant’s role in your organization. Up to 50 words

    2. How does the performance of the applicant compare to that of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? (E.g. what are the applicant’s principal strengths?) Up to 500 words

    3. Describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant’s response. Up to 500 words

    4. Is there anything else we should know? (Optional)

    In order to assist us in our review of the candidate, please be as thoughtful and candid as possible. Your letter of recommendation must be completed in English. For recommenders who are non-native speakers, the Common LOR form is available in multiple languages for reading purposes. Please click here for more information.  

    Submitting Letters of Recommendation
    You are required to submit letters through the online recommendation system by the application deadline.  Please follow the 4 steps outlined below (the final step will result in your online recommendation submission): 

    1. If you have not already, download the common LOR template below and save it to your computer.
       Common Letter of Recommendation Template: English (Word)

    2. Complete the template offline and save a final version of the file to your computer. To ensure that you do not accidentally lose any entered form data, please avoid completing the template online within your browser.

    3. Use the completed Common LOR template to copy and paste your responses below. 

    4. Complete and submit your recommendation form. You will receive an email confirming the recommendation has been submitted.
     

    Recommender Information
    Address
    Address
    During which period of time have you had the most frequent contact with the applicant?
    From:
    From:
    To:
    To:
    The Fuqua School of Business
    Graduation Year
    Graduation Year
    Duke University
    Graduation Year
    Graduation Year
    Character Traits and Competencies
    In this section, you will find 12 competencies and character traits that contribute to successful leadership. The competencies and character traits are grouped into five categories:
    -  Achievement
    -  Influence
    -  People
    -  Personal Qualities
    -  Cognitive Abilities

    For each competency below, please select the response that corresponds to the behavior you have seen the applicant most consistently exhibit. We acknowledge that all applicants have both areas of strength and areas of development. Your candid and honest appraisal will assist in evaluation of the applicant.  Please assume that each level builds upon behaviors of the previous level.
    Achievement
    1. Initiative: Acts ahead of need/anticipates problems
    1. Initiative: Acts ahead of need/anticipates problems
    2. Results Orientation: Focuses on and drives toward delivering on goals, objectives, and performance improvement
    2. Results Orientation: Focuses on and drives toward delivering on goals, objectives, and performance improvement
    Influence
    3. Communication, Professional Impression & Poise: Delivers messages and ideas in a way that engages an audience and achieves buy-in; uses listening and other attending behaviors to reach shared understanding; remains calm and measured even in time of crisis or conflict
    3. Communication, Professional Impression & Poise: Delivers messages and ideas in a way that engages an audience and achieves buy-in; uses listening and other attending behaviors to reach shared understanding; remains calm and measured even in time of crisis or conflict
    4. Influence and Collaboration: Engages and works with people over whom one has no direct control
    4. Influence and Collaboration: Engages and works with people over whom one has no direct control
    People
    5. Respect for Others: Acknowledges the value of others’ views and actions
    5. Respect for Others: Acknowledges the value of others’ views and actions
    6. Team Leadership: Manages and empowers a team of formal or informal direct reports, including virtual teams
    6. Team Leadership: Manages and empowers a team of formal or informal direct reports, including virtual teams
    7. Developing Others: Helps people develop their performance and ability over time
    7. Developing Others: Helps people develop their performance and ability over time
    Personal Qualities
    8. Trustworthiness/ Integrity: Acts consistently in line with or follows explicit values, beliefs, or intentions
    8. Trustworthiness/ Integrity: Acts consistently in line with or follows explicit values, beliefs, or intentions
    9. Adaptability/ Resilience: Adapts to changing demands and circumstances without difficulty. Maintains calm optimism in the face of challenge, problems, or apparent failure
    9. Adaptability/ Resilience: Adapts to changing demands and circumstances without difficulty. Maintains calm optimism in the face of challenge, problems, or apparent failure
    10. Self Awareness: Aware of and seeks out additional input on own strengths and weaknesses
    10. Self Awareness: Aware of and seeks out additional input on own strengths and weaknesses
    Cognitive
    11. Problem Solving: Frames problems, analyzes situations, identifies key issues, conducts analysis on the issues, and produces acceptable solution
    11. Problem Solving: Frames problems, analyzes situations, identifies key issues, conducts analysis on the issues, and produces acceptable solution
    12. Strategic Orientation: Thinks beyond one’s span of control and into the future to reshape the approach or scope of work
    12. Strategic Orientation: Thinks beyond one’s span of control and into the future to reshape the approach or scope of work
    Additional Feedback
    Please answer the following questions and provide specific examples where possible.

    Submission

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