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DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO REPORT TO WARREN BUFFETT?
Take the following assessment quiz based on THE WARREN BUFFETT CEO: Secrets from the Berkshire Hathaway Managers by Robert Miles and find out if you have what it takes to report to "the best boss in the world," Warren Buffett. 1. When do you plan to retire?
A.) I want a life after work and plan to retire before age 50.
B.) I like traditional mandatory retirement and want to spend time with my family so I will work to age 65.
C.) Like the Supreme Court Justices, I want a job for life.
2. If you had to choose between receiving $100 million and your business?
A.) I would take the money and run.
B.) I love my business like a child and it isn't for sale at any price.
C.) Given the choice I would take both. Give me a fair price for my business and let me continue to run it the same way I have always run it.
3. How concentrated is your personal portfolio?
A.) I would never have all of my net worth in one company but would broadly diversify across a wide range of equities.
B.) Some of my portfolio is in high-risk special situations but most is in solid blue chip companies.
C.) I see no reason to diversify and have all of my net worth in one company.
4.Who are your heroes?
A.) I tend to look at sports, Hollywood, and media celebrities.
B.) Other business CEOs that have made it big.
C.) My boss and/or my mother and/or my father.
5. What type of industry do you prefer to work in?
A.) I prefer the new economy with the latest in technological innovations.
B.) My preference is a multinational conglomerate with several cutting edge divisions.
C.) Give me a boring old economy style business that has a durable competitive advantage and predictable profits.
6. What is your attitude towards corporate culture and synergy?
A.) I would love to merge my business and division into a larger enterprise. There would be immediate benefits to eliminating duplication and creating buying cooperatives.
B.) Whenever you combined two businesses together you will find synergies.
C.) Best to leave good profitable businesses alone. Merge with no synergy expectations.
7. Best use of corporate profits?
A.) Return profits to shareholders in the form of dividends.
B.) Expand the business with additional locations and or buying competitors.
C.) Assign the responsibility to one person to allocate capital in the best possible way.
8. If you had all or a substantial amount of your net worth in one publicly traded stock:
A.)You would check on the price of the stock daily or even several times a day.
B.) You would diversify and not have all of your net worth in one stock.
C.) You would occasionally check on the stock price, maybe once a week. The price doesn't really matter because you don't intend to sell it anyway.
9. Best way to become a Buffett CEO:
A.) Do a good job for a competitor and be recruited after a nationwide search.
B.) Belong to the right golf club and mingle in the right social circles.
C.) Be fortunate enough to be born into it or work most of your life for the business and be promoted into it based on merit and loyalty.
10. Your business was founded:
A.) Recently, with a fabulous business model that takes advantage of new technologies.
B.) Founded 30 years ago with a strong management team in place.
C.) Founded before 1967 and before Warren Buffett started managing Berkshire Hathaway.
Answer Key:
"C" is the correct answer for every question.
How Did You Do?
1-5 correct answers: Keep your day job.
6-8 correct answers: Buffett CEO potential.
9 - 10 correct answers: Call Warren Buffett today.
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