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LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE ESSAY DRAFT
Nowadays I function as a Project Coordinator at XXXX, a Mexican agency focused on the development of immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. I administer the correct development of projects, from budget to team assembly. From the start, it was clear that I was surrounded by a group of professionals with a set of skills different to mine, therefore, my first goal was to attain ways to communicate effectively with my new team.
During this time I have learned that to be a successful PC I need my ideas to be as clear as possible so that my team feels engaged to the project and as a result do what they do best. I believe it is essential to listen to each one of the team members needs and opinions, this allows me to have an understanding of everyone's professional abilities so I can place them in the projects that will bring out the best in them.
This can be a high-stress position since we develop approximately 15 projects at a time with a total of 13 developers involved. There is an important level of strategy needed, that means anticipating risks, dealing with clients and planning the team's schedule.
Considering those needs, I drafted and implemented new processes that go from the way we take in a new client, to the kickoff, development, and closure of a project. I discovered the main challenge was for the team to follow through, this required me to exercise a great deal of communication so that everyone understood the purpose behind the process and what we all gain from sticking to it. Creating this processes has helped open the channels of communication which saves time and reduces mistakes.
Moreover, working in tech opened my eyes to the importance of creative spaces. In that regard, one of the projects I am most proud of is the resource management tool I put together alongside our web programmer. This system allows me to follow up on the progress of our developers and the details of every single project. Since we work under tight deadlines, having better methods for organizing time and information is key. This platform has provided us with quick access to reliable numbers as well as trustable data, giving more stability to the operation.
Working alongside a young team between the ages of 22 and 35 comes with a great deal of responsibility as well as challenges. This is a team full of ideas and eager to create. Helping give structure to the office has given our developers a more organized space in which they can be creative and develop technological solutions that they like but that are useful as well.
Supporting a Mexican company to build this space and create jobs in a new industry has been a tough yet rewarding experience. I am sure that learning from the experiences of other outstanding leaders during my time in the UK will help me improve as a leader of innovative projects.Holt Educational Consultant - / 14,801 
4780 Gloria you are only summarizing your accomplishments as a project coordinator. A PC is a Personal Computer. Do not use confusing descriptions for your title. Call yourself a coordinator, not a PC. The discussions that you present all showcase how you can function alone instead of a team member in a leadership position. Mostly because you decided to summarize your leadership traits rather than offering an example of how you embody a leadership and influencing trait that has positive reception among your team members and results in their continued cooperation in the development of the project.
Pick one project for this essay. If you are extremely proud of your participation in the development of the research management too, then explain why that is so. If you only had one team member, then it probably won't showcase your effectiveness as a leader as you did not have to work with differing personalities that often clashed in the execution of the team objectives. However, if you feel that this is the time when your leadership and influencing abilities were at its finest, then go ahead and make that project the total focus of the essay.
Quit defining leadership and what traits you believe a leader should have in the essay. That is unnecessary and sounds like you are lecturing the reviewer. That is precisely the reason why you are asked to give a clear example of how you embody your idea of a good leader and his influencing abilities. As of now, the essay is interesting to read but short in justifications in terms of team leadership and influencing examples. Revise the essay or write a new one. Focus on only one clear leadership and influencing example and be definite about why and how you developed those traits all the way to the end result of your leadership and influencing abilities.
