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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.
It is not a negative thing to be persuasive. Being persuasive can often be related to being manipulative or deceitful, but this is not the case. This question focuses on your communication skills and how well you can influence others' outlooks for their benefit. You are advocating for their success while bringing them on board with what is best for them, all while encouraging them outside their comfort zone.
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.
"I can be persuasive when helping my clients understand the logic behind our group's recommendations. It's important to lay out the intentions of any change and then express the importance of those changes. To persuade someone to your point of view in our line of work, you have to get them to trust you know what you are doing and that your course of action will help them better than they could help themselves."
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."
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.
Part of being an excellent consultant is being motivated to help your clients achieve their goals and overcome their biases or attachments while acting in their best interest. As PwC states, "Our community of solvers: bringing technology, business transformation and trust to life. We bring equity and trust into every aspect of our business. To build trust and deliver sustained outcomes for our clients, our stakeholders, and our communities."
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Yes, definitely.
Being in the product owner role a lot of time you get recommendations from the sales team, professional services team to make adjustments or enhancements in the product because they look for satisfying a single user/client who they are dealing with. I always take a step back and look at where it's coming from and if it is really needed. A lot of time I have explained to them why certain things that they ask for are not required, and that the product as is today satisfies the asks.
Marcie's Feedback
Great. So it sounds like you're a decisive and knowledgeable person who is able to explain why products or adjustments may not be needed. This does show that you're persuasive and able to explain things to less technical folks. Can you also provide an example of a time when you persuaded someone to do something or to use a product/feature that you thought would benefit the company or project?
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Yes, I do. I use both inductive and deductive reasoning to help build support and success in a project and plan the seeds to be invited back to work together in the future.
Amanda's Feedback
Reasoning and logic can be powerful tools in helping to persuade others. However, this answer could be strengthened by providing an example of a time when you successfully persuaded others to view a situation, problem, or solution your way. Consider talking briefly about the way you approached the situation, the communication style you used, how you presented facts or reason, tools you may have used such as visual aids or presentations, and what the positive outcome was.
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