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Do you consider yourself a persuasive person?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question aims to determine your approach to persuading others to your perspective and how much of that approach is guided by your integrity. Part of being a successful consultant is bringing others around to your point of view, especially when a person is biased against you. Explain how you use your communication skills to broaden perspectives, share the full scope of the big picture, and enhance collaboration. Share with them your approach, focusing on transparency, earning trust, and being guided by your integrity.
Kimberly is a freelance writer and editor with a decade of experience in the education field, including her time as a pre-kindergarten teacher.
"I can be persuasive when it comes to helping my clients to understand the logic behind recommendations that our group is making. It's important to lay out the intentions of any change and then express the importance of those changes."
Kimberly is a freelance writer and editor with a decade of experience in the education field, including her time as a pre-kindergarten teacher.
"Persuasion and management consulting methods go hand in hand, so, yes, I believe that I am a persuasive person. My approach is not sly or combative in any way, however. I persuade others by displaying how my approach could benefit their business and bottom-line."
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