Leadership Style and Influence Questions

How leaders adapt their approach to context and build influence without relying purely on formal authority. Covers leadership style spectrums (directive vs. participative, transactional vs. transformational, situational leadership), reading team and stakeholder needs to choose an approach, earning trust and credibility, motivating and developing others, persuading peers or senior stakeholders who do not report to you, navigating resistance or pushback, and adjusting communication and decision-making style across different audiences and situations.