Chevening is looking for individuals that will be future leaders or influencers in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer.
"You can lead a horse to water trail, but you can't make it drink"
Being a strong believer that leaders are made and not born, I've strived to develop the leader within me in my personal and professional life. Embracing my failure of not qualifying through the youth ranks as a professional footballer, my passion drove me to become a youth football coach. My dream is to develop young talent who can represent the country at an International stage. Today, I embark on a journey
After gaining experience coaching non-league teams, I was granted a coaching opportunity at the Paris Saint Germain football Academy.Working with children across age groups (5-19) at the academy, has brought about great challenges, requiring me to analyze, be creative and constantly push myself to improve. Using video analysis, I developed a performance chart that identified key attributes among players in respective age groups, setting up a ranking system to rate their technique, power and skill. This formed a foundation for constant improvement and encouraged healthy competition. For instance, while coaching an under-10 age group, we spotted an eight year old boy, Viraj, who played football with the speed and technique of a 12 year old. However, our performance matrix outlined that his technical awareness levels were relatively lower and this served as an impediment in achieving his maximum potential. I was wary about pushing him over the brink by exposing him to a higher age group so I developed a tailored training regimen to help him build his positional and off-the-ball awareness through effective drills and real game situations, hence making him use his tactical acumen. The results began to surface after a couple of months when his perseverance and stellar performances in local tournaments were spotted by scouts from Benguluru-FC, a National league club. Today, it is with great satisfaction I'd like to note that, Viraj is playing in the Boca Juniors League, an affiliate of prestigious South American club Boca Juniors, representing his club.
Striking a healthy balance between passion and profession, have helped hone my interpersonal skills, whilst chasing my dream. Working as an analyst for HSBC, I was solely tasked end-to-end project execution of creating a dashboard for the US market that offered key stakeholders a single solution to view important parameters across varied products, to aid their business decisions. Having seen my command in project execution, I was given an opportunity to lead and support a team of analysts from several countries in Europe and Latin America. Since, leading a project required diligent work with prioritization of tasks, I laid out a work flow chart to help the team finish within stipulated timelines. I addressed issues independently and encouraged suggestions from my team to augment the user interface of the dashboard, which eventually, were successfully implemented to the final product. My effort was well appreciated by corporate leaders from various markets and it also helped in obliterating 57% of the redundant reports present.
An amalgam of exposure has helped me to be constantly improving. I look ahead to the challenges of tomorrow with utmost zeal and to make the difference
"You can lead a horse to water trail, but you can't make it drink"
Being a strong believer that leaders are made and not born, I've strived to develop the leader within me in my personal and professional life. Embracing my failure of not qualifying through the youth ranks as a professional footballer, my passion drove me to become a youth football coach. My dream is to develop young talent who can represent the country at an International stage. Today, I embark on a journey
After gaining experience coaching non-league teams, I was granted a coaching opportunity at the Paris Saint Germain football Academy.Working with children across age groups (5-19) at the academy, has brought about great challenges, requiring me to analyze, be creative and constantly push myself to improve. Using video analysis, I developed a performance chart that identified key attributes among players in respective age groups, setting up a ranking system to rate their technique, power and skill. This formed a foundation for constant improvement and encouraged healthy competition. For instance, while coaching an under-10 age group, we spotted an eight year old boy, Viraj, who played football with the speed and technique of a 12 year old. However, our performance matrix outlined that his technical awareness levels were relatively lower and this served as an impediment in achieving his maximum potential. I was wary about pushing him over the brink by exposing him to a higher age group so I developed a tailored training regimen to help him build his positional and off-the-ball awareness through effective drills and real game situations, hence making him use his tactical acumen. The results began to surface after a couple of months when his perseverance and stellar performances in local tournaments were spotted by scouts from Benguluru-FC, a National league club. Today, it is with great satisfaction I'd like to note that, Viraj is playing in the Boca Juniors League, an affiliate of prestigious South American club Boca Juniors, representing his club.
Striking a healthy balance between passion and profession, have helped hone my interpersonal skills, whilst chasing my dream. Working as an analyst for HSBC, I was solely tasked end-to-end project execution of creating a dashboard for the US market that offered key stakeholders a single solution to view important parameters across varied products, to aid their business decisions. Having seen my command in project execution, I was given an opportunity to lead and support a team of analysts from several countries in Europe and Latin America. Since, leading a project required diligent work with prioritization of tasks, I laid out a work flow chart to help the team finish within stipulated timelines. I addressed issues independently and encouraged suggestions from my team to augment the user interface of the dashboard, which eventually, were successfully implemented to the final product. My effort was well appreciated by corporate leaders from various markets and it also helped in obliterating 57% of the redundant reports present.
An amalgam of exposure has helped me to be constantly improving. I look ahead to the challenges of tomorrow with utmost zeal and to make the difference
