我给同学改文章时,发现大家常常不知道如何升华自己的learning about leadership,写来写去就是坚韧、尊重别人等等……其实leadership的维度很广,层次很深。如下文所述,对leadership的反思,是文章中最关键的message,你所写的action应该充分反映这些message。 这些反思要深刻,要到点子上。
所以我从一些关于leadership的论文中摘录一些"leadership"的品质。举一些例子,所谓一个好的leader,他/她应该是怎样的。
我必须再一次强调,essay is the most critical part of your application, and the understanding of leadership is the critical of the critical。作者: Kevin李 时间: 2013-12-10 13:33
我在文章的结尾是这样写的: 2009年, 我重回了绵竹, 在我工作和生活过的灾民安置营原址上, 无数的起重机正在工作, 灾区的复兴 is on its way. I remain deeply thankful tohave the opportunity to contribute (我为能有这样一个机会做一些贡献心存感激); and I am pround of uniting so many parties, 媒体,捐助企业, 当地政府, 志愿者等等, 因为这样我们共同的贡献超过了我们每个人作为个人所可能做出的贡献.
原文: For years, I had driven myself to achieveefficiency, and therefore, I took it for granted that the NGO should want thesame thing. In the process, however, I ignored the NGO’s long-term needs, andperhaps more critically, their learning and fulfillment. I realized then that Ihad focused too much on the task itself, but failed to work on a much moreimportant mission: sharing skills to help CHP achieve long-term success.
错误
a) 我想当然地认为, 别人和我想法一样 (注意, leadershipstyle中很重要的一条,就是深刻了解并尊重不同人的想法.)
b) 我忽略了这个机构的long-term needs, 短期是这个数据库, 但长期, 是这个机构的成长. (注意, leadership style另一条, 注重长期的impact. Leadership很重要的是, focus on long-term mission,做一个目光远大的人.
b) why? 包括why it is important, impactful? why it matters to you? why it is still an issuein China
c) specifically,how you can solve the issue?
d) why MBA? 包括你以前做过什么, 让你已经有一定的基础保障未来的成功. 你还缺什么能力? 你从MBA中为什么可以弥补这个能力? why this school?
e) what's your short-termgoal (if there's any) 有的人, 比方说我, 毕业后就写直接就奔long-term去了.
(暂时想到这些) 有的人还写 how you can contribute to this school,e.g., 我写完why wharton后最后写一句, 我相信我unique的中国商业咨询与公益的背景也能为wharton community有所贡献.
根据需要. 这么多项,肯定不能都写.根据需要.我觉得以上的问题,不用全写,但一定要自己全想明白了.fundamentally, 只有三个问题, 就是whatit is, why it matters to you, and why MBA.