Leadership Experience that Positively Influenced Others

Essay Prompts: 1. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. 2. Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
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Prompt One
Most people believe that leadership is merely a display of authority and executing punishment when an action or behavior is missing. Leadership is much more than giving 'orders' and 'commands.' My definition of leadership aligns with that of Ronald Reagan, who defines a great leader as the one who motivates people to do the greatest things and not necessarily the one who does the greatest things (Inc. Africa, 2021). Leadership, therefore, entails bringing out the best in people and serving their needs before the leader's needs.
There are a few examples where I could have demonstrated leadership better. For instance, as a class representative, I once needed to communicate effectively/on time regarding the change of dates for an end-of-term individual assessment test. However, I created a social group for all the students in another instance. I informed them about lectures, including the professor's expected arrival time, examination dates, and the class venue. I chose to communicate with them immediately after I received any information. In the second example, I improved my leadership skills when I got the other students to do their best by communicating on time regarding class matters.
In the second example, I tried to solve poor communication skills and people disengagement. I realized that I had poor communication skills since I could hold very important information from the other students, which cost some of them dearly because they had to repeat a whole semester's unit according to the institution's policy on skipping tests, classes, and examinations. I also realized that I had disengaged them significantly while they were supposed to be the people I should have served diligently. By communicating through accessible and available channels in a timely manner, as seen in the second example, I solved the challenges; poor communication and disengagement of the students.
During these experiences, I learned effective communication skills. These included passing important information immediately after it was released to me in the jurisdiction of a class representative. It also included using easily available communication channels where every student could access information concernin...