Scholarship / Chevening Scholarship Leadership Response - the potential to be a leader [3]

Chevening is looking for individuals who will be future leaders and infulencers

in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer.

minimum word count 100, max 500 words

Really need some help with my essay, what are your thoughts.
Thank You.

Leadership

Personal Leadership

In my opinion, being an effective leader stems from being able to manage one's self. Being self-aware and self-motivated has allowed me to overcome many obstacles throughout my life. From the challenges experienced during my childhood, growing up in a single parent household, I was able to create systems and habits geared towards achieving my personal goals for my family's development. My determination to succeed has propelled me to excel both academically and professionally.

Professional Leadership

Being an Accounts Clerk at the Commission has contributed to the development of my leadership abilities. By leading departmental projects and occasionally acting as the Assistant Accountant, I am constantly placed in the position to lead.

For instance, during this year's internship program, I was responsible for supervising the interns. This opportunity allowed me to provided training in government accounting procedure, customer service, communication, work ethic, professionalism and time management.

By assigning tasks and projects for their development, these students were exposed to the operations of the Budget and Finance department. Not to mention, I also provided career guidance based on my intern's interests so that upon completion of the internship they have clear goals for the future. This advice resulted in an intern to pursue the certified accounting technical (CAT) qualification, to further develop her skills in the accountancy profession.

Leadership can be a difficult task, especially when having to deal with instances where my subordinates aren't performing efficiently. This forced me to put aside my personal sentiments and allow my professional and ethical training to guide my actions to deal with the matter.

Future Leader
Living in a society where the government consistently excludes citizens from decisions that are likely to impact their livelihood, indicates a significant flaw in ...... leadership style.

By forwarding their own agenda,........ leaders have allowed corruption to spread throughout the government thereby hindering the country's development. In a recent Transparency International (TI) article, ............ ranked .............based on the 2017 corruption index, although this ranking has improved,........... is still considered a highly corrupt nation.

However, with the influx of financial resources from oil extraction activities,...........can become one of the richest countries in ........... But how can there be hope for ...... development when in the past politicians and leaders were unable to adequately manage the country's existing resources.

Finally,......... needs fresh thinking leaders and influencers who value a system of good governance and who possess the determination, skills, and competencies to drive ............ developmental efforts. As a future leader or influencer, achieving the Chevening Scholarship will provide an opportunity for me to further develop my leadership skills. Through my interactions with other Chevening scholar and the courses I intend to pursue, I believe that I can become a change agent focused on developing my country.