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Are you a good boss?

So, you think you can deal with any unlikely eventuality in your setting? See how well you do in this quiz by Mairi Maciver 1 A staff member resigns and requests a reference. She isn't happy with it and asks you to make changes. How do you respond?

1 A staff member resigns and requests a reference. She isn't happy with it and asks you to make changes. How do you respond?

a Tell her to take a run and jump - she's leaving anyway.

b Agree to make all the changes.

c Explain what you've written.

2 You receive a letter from a child's mother who has separated from the father. It requests you refuse to answer if the father asks who pays the nursery fees and inform her immediately. Do you?

a Politely ignore the letter and observe issues of confidentiality between one parent and the other.

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