I am applying for the chevening scholarship for the first time. this is my first draft of "Leadership & Influence" question. i am applying applying for the chevening scholarship from libya and i would be really pleased with your feedbacks and comments. Thank you in advance.
Q1) 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.
(minimum word count: 50 words, maximum word count: 500 words)
leadership in my opinion, is to have a vision accompanied with ability to guide people towards that vision through inspiration, motivation, and encouragement. and to apply that, a leader needs to influence people through initiative actions to make them believe that his goals are their goals, and to demonstrate his ability to carry them towards achieving those goals. unfortunately, in my country leadership is usually confused with command and authority. its a huge misconception that somehow contributes to the current situation of my country.
My first experience with leadership was back in 2013 when i was at the verge of graduation. along with my partner we had to complete our graduation project within 6 months and to be honest, i wasn't the initiative type of a person at the the time nor was my partner, but one of us had to step up and take the lead in order to complete the project before the deadline. i took the lead on the project planning preparation and engaged my partner through encouragement and motivation giving him clear tasks and making him believe that my success was his too. the project was completed before the deadline and we were able to pass the project evaluation with excellence.
our graduation project required data collection and field measurements, and we were lucky to get support from a new local telecommunication company that was working on a huge national telecommunication project using the same technology as the one used in our project. the company admired our work and as a result i was hired by this company two months after graduation.
soon after my employment i was assigned as supervisor for the company's student support program handling a team of three engineers that provided guidance, training, and support for students that were on the verge of graduation, and through this experience i was able to gain skills that allowed me to handle people and influence their decisions .
shortly after that, i was assigned as the coordination and follow-up team leader. this team was one of the main project teams and was responsible for presenting the company's project to the customers and collecting their requirements to use it as input for our telecom network design. and while working with this team i was able to learn how to exploit other people's skills and direct them efficiently towards achieving our goals through motivation.
In the past two years while working in Etisalat Naweea Co. (ENC) i had many chances and made many contributions that resulted in the improvement of my leadership skills. I may not be able to call my self a true leader as i need more experience for that; but at least i have a vision, and that is to influence the telecommunication industry in my country to improve through effective management and leadership, to contribute to the improvement of our educational system to make it able to produce reliable and highly educated engineers though guidance and mentorship.
Q1) 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.
(minimum word count: 50 words, maximum word count: 500 words)
leadership in my opinion, is to have a vision accompanied with ability to guide people towards that vision through inspiration, motivation, and encouragement. and to apply that, a leader needs to influence people through initiative actions to make them believe that his goals are their goals, and to demonstrate his ability to carry them towards achieving those goals. unfortunately, in my country leadership is usually confused with command and authority. its a huge misconception that somehow contributes to the current situation of my country.
My first experience with leadership was back in 2013 when i was at the verge of graduation. along with my partner we had to complete our graduation project within 6 months and to be honest, i wasn't the initiative type of a person at the the time nor was my partner, but one of us had to step up and take the lead in order to complete the project before the deadline. i took the lead on the project planning preparation and engaged my partner through encouragement and motivation giving him clear tasks and making him believe that my success was his too. the project was completed before the deadline and we were able to pass the project evaluation with excellence.
our graduation project required data collection and field measurements, and we were lucky to get support from a new local telecommunication company that was working on a huge national telecommunication project using the same technology as the one used in our project. the company admired our work and as a result i was hired by this company two months after graduation.
soon after my employment i was assigned as supervisor for the company's student support program handling a team of three engineers that provided guidance, training, and support for students that were on the verge of graduation, and through this experience i was able to gain skills that allowed me to handle people and influence their decisions .
shortly after that, i was assigned as the coordination and follow-up team leader. this team was one of the main project teams and was responsible for presenting the company's project to the customers and collecting their requirements to use it as input for our telecom network design. and while working with this team i was able to learn how to exploit other people's skills and direct them efficiently towards achieving our goals through motivation.
In the past two years while working in Etisalat Naweea Co. (ENC) i had many chances and made many contributions that resulted in the improvement of my leadership skills. I may not be able to call my self a true leader as i need more experience for that; but at least i have a vision, and that is to influence the telecommunication industry in my country to improve through effective management and leadership, to contribute to the improvement of our educational system to make it able to produce reliable and highly educated engineers though guidance and mentorship.