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My Chevening Journey, Part 1: Leadership Essay: Samuel Ndungu Wairimu
My Chevening Journey, Part 1: Leadership Essay: Samuel Ndungu Wairimu
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b) Networking
d) Career plan
In this article, I will just cover the Leadership and Influence essay
with brief snippets of my essay. But before that make sure you
meet the two basic requirements;
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Let’s now look into the leadership essay. The question that you will
be answering in the essay 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.
( minimum 100, maximum 500 words)
I used three leadership examples. I would advise you first list all
your accomplishments that demonstrate your leadership abilities
and then narrow down on three. Try to be diverse as much as
possible. In my case I was spoilt for choice having led in high
school, church, university, family, community level through
voluntary work, in my professional career as banker and having
vied for a parliamentary seat in the 2017 Kenyan General election
as an independent candidate. In the end I settled on three
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Action– What did you do? If in a group what was your role.
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