Scholarship / The key words describing a successful leader - Leadership and influence (Chevening) [4]

consistency, inspiring, self-motivation

I have always believed that consistency, inspiring and self-motivation are the keywords of most of being a successful leader. A good leader must have a futuristic vision, moreover to be able to analyze the reality and solve the current problems.

During the first year of university, i joined the staff of students' union, throughout the election phase i learnt how to express my view in developing the university and i learnt practically how to influence small groups such as my colleagues and my college students. I have also learnt many ways to explain my opinions and views, for instance i had a great challenge since it was my first year and i needed to get renown to be elected as there have been so many candidates who were equal to the position, but i had the highest number of voices because i manged to make alliances and created Coalition with other parties to assure raising my chances in gathering voices.

The second challenge was implementing this vision on a wider scale, so i managed to lead the scientific committee as the president and launched three different social projects continuously over the 4 Years in my voluntary work: The projects were ( Help your mate (Ethical), Be a tour guide (business) and The college got talent (Artificial)). There were also many operational obstacles as in the project (Be a tour guide (business)), we had to afford comfortable buses for students and the tutorial guides within the available budget, so i was able to raise the funding budget from the student's committee showing the effect of the project on the business view of the students, on the other hand i raised the funding by adding a reasonable costs to the end-user, increasing the quality allowed the project to be continues for 3 years due to successful organization and high-quality.

These three Projects were absolutely the cornerstone of my practical life and helped me finding a place in a multinational telecommunication company like Vodafone, which i consider as a very important job in my career path in which i have been promoted for achievements and my professional attitude with my colleagues and supervisors to be a floorwalker.

I hope that the Chevening award would be a profitable step in my career for getting better opportunities in life and career.