Focus on an experience during which you led others toward an accomplishment of which you are very proud.
Think about a time when you performed at your very best as a leader. You need not have held a formal leadership position. Your personal-best experience may have happened when you had no official authority but chose to play a leadership role within a group, organization, class project, or even a family situation. Focus on an experience during which you led others toward an accomplishment of which you are very proud.
This experience could have taken place recently or long ago.
You could have been the official leader, or you could have emerged as the informal leader of a group. You might have been a volunteer or even a member of a temporary group.
The experience could have taken place in school, with your family, or in the workplace. It could have been when you were part of a community group, a club, a professional organization, a sports team, or at school.
Describe your experience by responding to the following questions:
When did it happen? How long did it last?
What was your role? Who else was involved?
What feelings did you have prior to and during the experience?
Did you initiate the experience or did someone else? How did you emerge as the leader?
What actions did you take?
Based on what you did or said, what actions did other group members take?
Based on your experience, what single piece of advice would you give to another individual in a leadership position?