In this episode, I share with you what the reading committee that reviews the Chevening Scholarship essays- looks for in your LEADERSHIP ESSAY!

The question usually is: 

Chevening is looking for individuals who 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.

STRENGTHS OF THE BEST ESSAYS:

• Demonstrated clear examples of leadership and influencing with concrete results.

MISTAKES CANDIDATES MAKE ON THEIR LEADERSHIP ESSAY

• Don't combine successful leadership qualities with evidence.
• Not giving recent or current professional leadership examples 
• Assuming their position or role was in itself demonstrates leadership skills.
• The most common error -  define leadership rather than provide examples of their traits 

General recommendations:

• Use the STAR (situation, task, action, result) approach when writing teh essays.
• Avoid “we” and “team” in this answer and place greater emphasis on their individual contribution, to achieve a higher score.

Read more here - https://www.chevening.org/news/reading-committee-feedback-for-applicants/

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Thank you.