Work Strengths Test Question 97 – Rebuilding trust with a reluctant partner organisation
Read the scenario, then choose the one action you would be most likely to take and the one action you would be least likely to take.
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Scenario
A partner organisation is withholding data needed for a joint service review. Its leaders say information they shared previously was quoted publicly without proper context. Your agreement requires cooperation, but forcing disclosure could damage a relationship that the service relies on for several other areas of work.
Choose the actions
Select one Most likely action and one Least likely action. Do not rank the two remaining actions.
Action A
Escalate immediately to the joint sponsor and warn the partner that continued refusal may breach the agreement.
Your selection:
Most likelyLeast likely
Action B
Send a formal request repeating the cooperation clauses and the deadline for providing the full dataset.
Your selection:
Most likelyLeast likely
Action C
Acknowledge the previous concern, clarify the purpose and safeguards, and agree a limited data-sharing trial with joint oversight.
Your selection:
Most likelyLeast likely
Action D
Ask a mutual contact to persuade the partner informally without becoming involved in the previous concern.
Your selection:
Most likelyLeast likely
Click to reveal the answer
- Most likely: Action C
- Least likely: Action A
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