Describe your most significant leadership experience. Why do you consider this your most significant role? (maximum 200 words)
The summer of 2010, a group of friends and I participated in a two days military training in China. The training was organized by a friend's dad. On the first day, we had some intensive exercise. We then proceeded to learn how to carry a rifle. The soldier taught us how to go from a sling carry to a patrol ready position. I was a fast learner and mastered it after a short while. The next day we did the same activity, however, it was not the same experience as day one. I stood up and led the exercise -sit ups, push-ups, jumping jacks and runs. While we were running in a circle, one of the younger participants was exhausted very quickly. I encouraged him and ran by his side. Later when we were doing the gun shifting exercise, the same boy had trouble doing it. Thus, I approached him and step by step demonstrated the proper way of changing the position swiftly and smoothly. This leadership experience had an impact to me since I could relate it to war. Imagine soldiers had no leader in a war; they would just be digging themselves a hole. A leader is not just someone that gives out order, but the one that people can seek for assist from.
The summer of 2010, a group of friends and I participated in a two days military training in China. The training was organized by a friend's dad. On the first day, we had some intensive exercise. We then proceeded to learn how to carry a rifle. The soldier taught us how to go from a sling carry to a patrol ready position. I was a fast learner and mastered it after a short while. The next day we did the same activity, however, it was not the same experience as day one. I stood up and led the exercise -sit ups, push-ups, jumping jacks and runs. While we were running in a circle, one of the younger participants was exhausted very quickly. I encouraged him and ran by his side. Later when we were doing the gun shifting exercise, the same boy had trouble doing it. Thus, I approached him and step by step demonstrated the proper way of changing the position swiftly and smoothly. This leadership experience had an impact to me since I could relate it to war. Imagine soldiers had no leader in a war; they would just be digging themselves a hole. A leader is not just someone that gives out order, but the one that people can seek for assist from.
