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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.
How you answer this question will help the interviewer identify the type of leader that inspires and motivates you. It will also offer insights into your ability to distinguish the benefits and drawbacks of each of the five main leadership styles - authoritarian, participative, delegative, transactional, and transformational - as well as your approach towards and identification of each type.

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.
"Out of the five main leadership styles, I feel transformational leaders are the most effective in motivating me through educating and sharing the vision of the company and team. I think that adopting this style of leadership is effective when engaging the team and able to tap into both their hard and soft skills. They are more transparent, more of a mentor, and can get everyone on the same page and invested in the work. There's no better leadership style to get a team to take pride in what they're doing."

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.
"Transparency, clear communication, and the humility to work side by side with their team. Without these, you're just looking at a lot of confusion, no clear mission, and a leader with a disconnect from the realities of the job and unrealistic expectations. A leader who embraces these principles is not just leading the team but is the most important member of the team."

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