When hiring employees, especially an assistant, it is essentially a leader applying a transformational rather than a transactional form of leadership. A form of transformational leadership occurs when the leader believes that his or her followers are competent and full of potential. The main focus is on employee engagement and development so as to transform followers into goal-oriented actors. Where as a transactional form of leadership occurs when a follower is treated as a lazy, disinterested and incompetent individual. The main focus of transactional leadership is task completion, which means the employee is seen as an economic person