Chevening Scholarship Essays DOCX

Title	Chevening Scholarship Essays
Author	Susan Munywoki
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1 Essay 1: Leadership and Influence “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.” It is increasingly becoming ...

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Essay 1: Leadership and Influence "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." It is increasingly becoming a well-known fact that 'influence is the new currency for success.' This is especially true in this new social media era where several careers have taken off on the strength of social media influence alone, and a number of political careers have been elevated through the power and ubiquity of social media. Former American President Barack Obama, who used the Internet to orchestrate an unprecedented political campaign mainly using social media, is a prime example. As such, I am well aware that influence and leadership are intertwined, where one cannot exist without the other. Amassing influence is therefore, in my opinion, the surest way of achieving one's leadership goals because, essentially, people can only be motivated to follow a person who possesses some degree of influence. It is with this knowledge in mind that I have therefore endeavoured to build my influence over the years in order to develop into a leader within both my profession and my community. This has seen me take on various leadership responsibilities in school, at work, and in the community. In high school, I held two main leadership responsibilities— I was both the Head Girl and Netball Captain at Kereri Girls High School. Being a Head Girl is the highest leadership position one can attain as a secondary school student, and as you can well imagine, with it came a lot of weighty 1...