CHEVENING : Leadership and Influence essay
Summary
TLDRThis video tutorial guides viewers on crafting a compelling Chvening scholarship leadership and influence essay. It advises avoiding common pitfalls, such as excessive use of quotes and vague examples, and emphasizes the importance of clear, quantifiable personal leadership experiences. The video breaks down the essay writing process into steps: understanding the prompt, selecting a relevant theme, making bullet points, and constructing a draft. It also provides examples of strong and weak introductions and suggests using the STAR technique for body paragraphs. The tutorial aims to help applicants demonstrate their potential as future leaders or influencers.
Takeaways
- ๐ **Leadership and Influence Essay**: The video focuses on guiding applicants to write an effective leadership and influence essay for the Chevening scholarship.
- โ๏ธ **Personal Statement Importance**: Emphasizes that the personal statement is central to the scholarship application and requires a clear demonstration of leadership skills.
- ๐ **Breaking Down the Question**: Advises to break down the essay prompt to understand the requirements and stay on track while writing.
- ๐ซ **Avoid Common Mistakes**: Warns against using quotes and definitions of leadership, instead urging applicants to focus on personal experiences and clear examples.
- ๐ฏ **Theme Selection**: Highlights the importance of selecting a consistent theme that aligns with the examples and the field of study.
- ๐ **Bullet Points**: Recommends creating bullet points for the introduction, body, and conclusion to structure the essay effectively.
- ๐ **STAR Technique**: Introduces the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) technique for elaborating on leadership experiences in the essay.
- ๐ข **Quantify Achievements**: Stresses the need to quantify achievements to provide depth and volume to the examples given in the essay.
- ๐ **Problem Statement**: Suggests using a problem statement in the introduction to engage the reader and set the stage for the essay's content.
- ๐ **Winning Essay Tips**: Provides tips on how to write a winning essay, including starting strong, using compelling examples, and finishing with a strong conclusion.
- ๐ช **Encouragement**: Ends with encouragement, reminding viewers that while writing an essay can be challenging, it's not impossible to achieve.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the Chevening scholarship essay?
-The main focus of the Chevening scholarship essay is to demonstrate the applicant's leadership and influencing skills, showcasing how they meet the requirement of being future leaders or influencers in their home countries.
What is the minimum and maximum word count for the Chevening leadership essay?
-The minimum word count is 100 words and the maximum is 500 words.
Why is it important to avoid using quotes and definitions of leadership in the essay?
-Using quotes and definitions of leadership can take up valuable space in the limited word count and may not effectively demonstrate the applicant's personal experience and individual contribution to leadership.
What is the significance of selecting a theme for the essay?
-Selecting a theme ensures consistency in the examples used and that they remain relevant to the question and the field of study the applicant is pursuing.
How can breaking down the question help in writing the essay?
-Breaking down the question helps the applicant understand exactly what is required and keeps them on track while answering the essay, ensuring that the response is focused and relevant.
What is the STAR technique mentioned in the script?
-The STAR technique is a method for structuring responses in essays or interviews, standing for Situation, Task, Action, and Result. It helps articulate leadership examples and influencing skills by detailing the context, task at hand, actions taken, and the results achieved.
Why is it advised to start the essay with a strong introduction?
-Starting with a strong introduction captures the reader's attention and sets the tone for the essay, making it more impactful and memorable.
How can the applicant use a problem statement in their introduction?
-A problem statement in the introduction can be used to highlight a current issue in the applicant's industry or field of study, which they aim to address through their leadership and the skills they will gain from the Chevening scholarship.
What is the purpose of making bullet points during the essay writing process?
-Making bullet points helps the applicant organize their thoughts and ideas, providing a structured outline for the essay and ensuring that the content remains focused and relevant to the question.
How can the applicant quantify their achievements in the essay?
-The applicant can quantify their achievements by providing specific numbers or statistics that demonstrate the scale and impact of their leadership and influencing skills.
What is the importance of concluding the essay strongly?
-A strong conclusion reinforces the applicant's main points and leaves a lasting impression on the reader, tying back to the introduction and emphasizing the significance of the Chevening scholarship in their future leadership journey.
Outlines
๐ Writing the Chevening Leadership Essay
This paragraph introduces the process of writing the Chevening scholarship leadership and influence essay. It emphasizes the importance of the essay in the scholarship application and provides guidance on how to approach writing it. The video promises to take viewers step by step through the process. The speaker acknowledges the difficulty of writing essays, especially at the beginning, and likens the task to climbing a mountain. The Chevening scholarship is looking for future leaders or influencers in their home countries, and the essay should provide clear examples of the applicant's leadership and influencing skills. The paragraph outlines housekeeping rules for the video, instructing viewers to get a pen and paper or typing device ready and to pause the video when requested to think through discussions and work towards having a draft by the end of the video.
๐ Breaking Down the Chevening Essay Question
The paragraph discusses the importance of breaking down the essay question to understand what is required and to stay on track while writing. It provides the Chevening essay prompt, which asks applicants to explain how they meet the requirement of being future leaders or influencers using examples of their leadership and influencing skills. The paragraph advises against using quotes and definitions of leadership, instead focusing on personal experience. It also suggests selecting a theme for consistency and relevance in examples and making bullet points for the essay structure. The speaker provides a tip to identify a current problem in the applicant's industry and use it as a problem statement in the introduction to introduce leadership abilities.
๐ Crafting a Winning Chevening Essay
This paragraph provides guidance on how to write the introduction, body, and conclusion of the Chevening essay. It advises starting strong with the introduction by defining leadership in the applicant's field and considering common mistakes made by applicants. For the body, the paragraph suggests sharing one or two examples of leadership experience using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) and quantifying achievements. The conclusion should tie back to the introduction and the problem statement, and it should be strong, leaving a lasting impression. The paragraph includes an example of an introduction from a successful applicant, 'Real Person B,' who captures a good problem statement and makes the reader want to learn more about their contribution to leadership. The paragraph concludes with a hypothetical example of what Nelson Mandela's essay might look like if he were to apply, focusing on the theme of freedom and using the STAR technique to elaborate on his achievements.
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Keywords
๐กChevening Scholarship
๐กLeadership
๐กInfluence
๐กEssay
๐กPersonal Statement
๐กMotivational Statement
๐กSTAR Technique
๐กProblem Statement
๐กQuantify
๐กDraft
๐กTheme
Highlights
The importance of writing a leadership and influence essay for a Chevening scholarship.
How to avoid common mistakes when writing your leadership essay.
The need to clearly demonstrate your individual contribution to leadership.
The significance of providing detailed examples of leadership and influencing skills.
The advice against using quotes and definitions of leadership in your essay.
The importance of personal experience in leadership when writing the essay.
Guidance on breaking down the essay question to understand requirements.
The necessity of selecting a theme that aligns with your field of study.
The process of making bullet points for the essay structure.
How to start your essay introduction strongly with a clear stance on leadership.
The STAR technique for articulating leadership examples in the essay body.
The importance of quantifying your achievements in your examples.
How to conclude your essay by tying it back to your introduction and problem statement.
An example of a strong introduction from a Chevening awardee.
The use of a problem statement in the introduction to engage the reader.
An example of how Nelson Mandela might have written his leadership essay.
The significance of quantifying achievements, exemplified by Mandela's crowd size.
The structure of a good conclusion that reinforces the essay's introduction and theme.
Encouragement to start writing the essay to develop a winning draft.
The offer to answer questions in the comment section for further interaction.
Transcripts
[Music]
the first chevening scholarship that
you're asked to write is the leadership
and influence essay writing your essays
personal statement motivational
statement namemate is the heart of a
scholarship application and in this
video we are going to go step by step on
how to write your leadership and
influence essay for the shaving i know
writing essays can be quite problematic
especially at the beginning because you
don't know what you're doing you don't
know where to start from and myself at
the time when i was writing my own essay
it felt like a gigantic mountain that i
had to climb now let me take you through
how you can write your leadership and
influence essay
let's start with some housekeeping rules
this is not a passive video like most
videos you will come across so get your
pen and paper or typing device and
follow along pause the video when
requested to think through the
discussion that we're going to have
ahead and work towards having a draft by
the end of this video so housekeeping
rule number one pause this video and get
yourself a pen and paper or typing
device to follow along so the chevron in
question on leadership reads 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 you're given a
minimum word account of 100 words and
maximum to 500 words step one you need
to do while writing your essays is read
the shaving common mistakes chevening
states that when showcasing your
leadership and influencing skills share
an example of how you've clearly worked
either alone or with others to achieve
something positive just make sure your
individual contribution is clear then
also focusing on sharing one or two
detailed examples is much more impactful
than listing lots of examples emphasize
how you have shaped the opinions and
actions of people around you please
avoid using quotes and definition of
leadership instead focus your answer on
your own personal experience of
leadership so have these common mistakes
at the back of your mind as you're
writing out your own essay step two you
want to break down the question i'll
give you just a minute for you to go
back to the question and break it down
to your own understanding hope you took
off the time to break down the question
breaking down the question enables you
to understand exactly what is being
required of you and also keeps you on
track as you are answering the essay so
chevroning is looking for individuals
who will be future leaders or
influencers in their home countries then
we are also required to explain how we
meet the requirement using clear
examples of your own leadership and
influencing skills to support your
answers so as you answer this question
we need to make sure that we have clear
examples showing our leadership and
influencing skills again remember that
chevening is looking for future leaders
you do not necessarily have to be the
current member of parliament or an
executive director or ceo for
any company if you are still good for
you that's very good but if you're not
we're looking for the leadership
experience you currently have even in
your own capacity step number three is
selecting a theme selecting a theme
ensures that you're consistent in new
examples and the examples continue to
remain relevant not only to the question
being asked but to the field of study
you're looking to attain for example if
you have a theme in health then your
leadership examples need to be able to
match this theme other than mixing it
with hospitality step number four is to
make bullet points for the breakdown of
the question that we had so for our
introduction we need to have at the back
of our minds that chevening is looking
for future leaders or influencers in
their home countries so as you write
your introduction it needs to start off
strong ask yourself what does leadership
mean to me and what does leadership in
my field or theme that you selected
means also put into consideration the
most common mistakes most applicants
have written
um as we had earlier on scene before we
go to the body pause this video and take
a minute to write down bullet points of
what leadership means to you especially
in your field as you make these bullet
points put into consideration the common
mistakes that chevening spoke about also
have in mind what your theme is like we
said if your theme is in health have a
statement that could be related to the
health industry or that introduces your
leadership in the health industry and
lastly a quick tip you could consider
identifying the current problem in your
industry and use this problem as a
problem statement for your introduction
as you introduce your leadership
abilities in the body so we'll take a
minute to make bullet points for the
introduction remember we are just making
a draft and no need to make it perfect
it should be raw just as expected of a
draft for the body share your leadership
experience one or two examples to
support your statement about leadership
as written in the introduction so if
there was a problem statement you put up
in the introduction in the body we start
to see how you've contributed to closing
the gap of this particular problem and
so in this this is where we see your
leadership experience and
by using the star technique you'll be
able to articulate your leadership
examples and influencing skills give
more detail on the action taken and the
results achieved when describing the
action and the results achieved quantify
your examples as much as possible now
pause the video and we'll take another
minute to identify one or two strong
examples that we will use for our
leadership essay for our conclusion we
need to remember that we start strong
and need to finish strong so as you
conclude tied back to what you've
written earlier in the introduction and
your stand on having a world without the
problem statement usually we can build
on this once we have finished the
introduction and body but you can
quickly take a few bullet points on what
you think you would have in your
introduction after making bullet points
construct a few raw sentences again this
is a draft and does not necessarily need
to be perfect but use your bullet points
to construct some row sentences so next
we are going to look at an example of
two essays that i have reviewed this was
the introduction of a person i'm calling
real person a real person a starts off
with a quotation by chris hadfield and
states that ultimately leadership is not
about glorious surrounding acts it's
about keeping your team focused on a
goal and motivated to do their best to
achieve it especially when the stakes
are high and consequences really matter
it's about laying the groundwork for
others success and then standing back
and letting them shine and continues to
say i believe that a man is not only as
good as his word but as well as his
actions and attitude we live in a world
where the term leader is misconstrued
with the term both leadership to me is
about actively and deliberately creating
an environment for others to thrive a
thinking that is well captured in the
words of chris hadfield above some of
the things we can quickly see that are
wrong with this particular person's
essay is they use the quotation with
shaving advice against also a quotation
takes up a lot of your space if you're
trying to write 500 words leadership in
itself cannot be
extensively defined in only 500 words
starting off with a statement like this
will just eat up on your space real
person b is someone who recently got the
shaving award real person b steps in
their introduction the role of
leadership is often underrated and yet
it's the bedrock of any progressing
society africa regardless of her rich
natural endowments has failed to
progress as fast as expected many
african economies haven't grown due to
the leadership vacuum in her nursing
resources hence leaving many countries
dependent on foreign aid for basic needs
africa is not short of leaders my
continent is short of good visionary
leaders again earlier on in our
discussion we said you can use a problem
statement for an introduction
so that it can introduce your body and
what you have done about this real
person b captures a very good problem
statement and real person b's
introduction is captivating making me
want to read more about real
person-based contribution to leadership
in their country so now let's have a
full essay example here is nelson
mandela let's say he wanted to apply for
an emmy in peace resilience and social
justice at university of bradford his
theme would be freedom
so let's see what his essay maybe could
look like in his introduction would have
hearing the elder stories of my
ancestors vala during the wars of
resistance i dreamt also of making my
own contribution to freedom struggle of
my people if we are to critique just the
introduction we'll see that nelson
mandela's introduction shows futuristic
leadership then for the body he would
write as a founding member and leader of
the african national congress youth
league i initiated and led the defiance
campaign against apathy the first
large-scale
multi-racial political mobilization
against apathy laws under a common
leadership i assembled and addressed a
crowd of 10 000 to create awareness over
human rights i also embarked on an
international tour to encourage foreign
countries to support sanctions against
the south africa upper side government
after a series of negotiations are held
with the government apartheid was
dismantled and brought to an end now to
break this down we see that nelson
mandela ties his body to the
introduction first of all and secondly
the theme is still present and lastly he
uses the star technique in his body for
an elaborate breakdown of the star
technique check the link in the
description and it will guide you
further on how to use the star technique
while writing your essays one of the
things i want to point out in the star
technique that earlier spoke of is
quantifying your achievements we see
nelson mandela stating that i assembled
and addressed a crowd of ten thousand
now if he had stopped i assembled and
addressed a crowd would not know if this
was a crowd of five or if it was a crowd
of 10 or a quarter of a hundred but with
him stating 10 000 it gives more volume
and depth of his achievement for the
conclusion he would write despite
terrible provocation i never answered
racism with racism i have cherished the
ideal of a democratic and free society
in which all persons live together in
harmony with equal opportunities it's an
ideal it's an ideal which i hope to live
for and to achieve but if needs be it's
an ideal for which i am prepared to die
the chevening scholarship presents an
opportunity to study ma in peace
resilience and social justice which will
enhance my skill set as i continue to
fight for democracy equality and
learning in south africa see this is an
example of what a good essay would look
like i'm confident that with the draft
that you have created along the video
you'll be able to pano beat it and start
to develop a winning essay bona steve
start writing your essay now starting
now will enable you have a good draft
and develop it further into a winning
essay we've come to the end of our video
but not the end of our interactions in
the comment section below ask me any
questions and let's interrupt remember
it might be hard but nothing is ever
impossible good luck
[Music]
you
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