{"id":44688,"date":"2019-02-12T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=44688"},"modified":"2019-02-14T02:44:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:44:15","slug":"insead-mba-criterion-4-leadership-potential-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/insead-mba-criterion-4-leadership-potential-3\/","title":{"rendered":"INSEAD MBA Criterion #4: Leadership Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/get-accepted-to-insead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/What-INSEAD-is-Looking-For-Leadership-Potential.jpg\" alt=\"What INSEAD is Looking For - Leadership Potential\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/What-INSEAD-is-Looking-For-Leadership-Potential.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/What-INSEAD-is-Looking-For-Leadership-Potential-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the last\u00a0post in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/tag\/what-insead-is-looking-for\/\">4-part series<\/a>\u00a0that examines INSEAD MBA\u2019s admission criteria.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2-resize\">What is leadership potential?<\/h2>\n<p>INSEAD is not unique among MBA programs in desiring leadership potential in applicants. All do. It <em>is <\/em>unique in how it characterizes leadership and leadership potential.<\/p>\n<p>The adcom has a two-pronged view of leadership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"spacing\">factual (what you did, <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/leadership-in-admissions-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">your experience that reflects leadership<\/a>) and<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\">qualitative (the values, character, and vision that inform your leadership, and its nature, impact and significance).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, in this framework it\u2019s not enough just to have impact or to drive change \u2013 it\u2019s what kind of impact and why you pursue it; what specific change \u2013 from what to what and why.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s focus for a moment on the word \u201cpotential.\u201d The adcom doesn\u2019t just say \u201cleadership\u201d for the criterion. Potential is forward focused. You may have led a big project to success, but if your application indicates that you aren\u2019t reflective, engaged, and interested in growth, your potential \u2013 future \u2013 leadership may be limited. So, this criterion must resonate with the other elements of your application to show (ideally) a mature, open, curious, intellectually agile, personally reflective nature. Such a nature will, when leading, provide quality leadership.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2-resize\">Demonstrating leadership potential<\/h2>\n<p>How do you show that you meet this criterion?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>First<\/strong>, obviously, present experiences (through example, anecdote, and resume points) that clearly portray your leadership roles to date. These may be formal (where you were a designated leader AND met the responsibilities of the role) or informal (where you identified the need for and stepped in to tactfully provide leadership in a given situation, e.g. resolving a conflict among teammates).\n<p class=\"spacing\">In presenting these experiences, keep \u201cquality\u201d on the radar screen and strive to weave in aspects of the experience that include this dimension.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Second<\/strong>, through essays, resume, interview, etc., discuss experiences that convey <em>elements of leadership<\/em>. For example, you might have maturely handled an ethical challenge that didn\u2019t necessarily involve leadership, but still showed qualities, such as courage, moral compass, willingness to prioritize values, etc., that one wants in a leader.\n<p class=\"spacing\">There are an infinite variety of such elements \u2013 they include things like ability to motivate and\/or inspire people, ability to persuade, willingness to take a stand for a value or an idea, ability and\/or willingness to make tough decisions and forthrightly address the consequences, openness to appropriate risk-taking, etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/showing-strengths-in-application-essays\/\">Bring them to the foreground<\/a> when you describe an experience in an essay. In the resume, sometimes you can work it in contextually.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Third<\/strong>, I\u2019ll mention a factor too little used by applicants IMHO. When a good opportunity presents itself, mention (in essays and\/or interview), a leader you admire and from whose example of leadership you are learning and growing. It may be someone you know at work, or a figure out in \u201cthe world.\u201d No need to go on at length about such exemplars \u2013 but devoting a couple of lines in an essay or a sentence or two in <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba-interview-prep\">an interview<\/a> to such a mention is a great way to show leadership potential: you are thinking about leadership, you resourcefully gain insight from prevailing circumstances and apply it to your own situation, and you have the grace to elevate another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Follow these steps and you are on your way to showing the INSEAD adcom that you are a great fit for the program. For personalized assistance that will help you get accepted to INSEAD, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\">check out our MBA Application Packages<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am always thrilled when I get an \u201cI\u2019m in at INSEAD!\u201d email.\u00a0I welcome the chance to help you show you belong at INSEAD\u00a0and receive such an email from you in the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/service-request-cindy\">Click here to get in touch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for more INSEAD info?\u00a0Fill out the form below to register for our upcoming webinar,\u00a0<i>Get Accepted to INSEAD<\/i>, airing live on February 13, 2019. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/get-accepted-to-insead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36481 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Save-Your-Spot.jpg\" alt=\"Save your spot!\" width=\"227\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For personalized assistance that will help you get accepted to INSEAD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out our MBA Application Packages<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/get-accepted-to-insead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44551 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Get-Accepted-to-INSEAD-Blog-Register.jpg\" alt=\"Register for the webinar, Get Accepted to INSEAD!\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Get-Accepted-to-INSEAD-Blog-Register.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Get-Accepted-to-INSEAD-Blog-Register-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/service-request-cindy?utm_campaign=Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_bio_cindy&amp;utm_source=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8104\" title=\"Cindy Tokumitsu\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cindy.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Tokumitsu\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/service-request-cindy?utm_campaign=Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_bio_cindy&amp;utm_source=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author noopener\">Cindy Tokumitsu<\/a>\u00a0has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/service-request-cindy?utm_campaign=Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_bio_cindy&amp;utm_source=blog\">Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/leadership-in-admissions-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leadership in Admissions<\/a>, a free guide<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/display-teamwork-in-application-essays\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">4 Ways to Display Teamwork in Application Essays<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/tone-up-your-writing-confidence-vs-arrogance\/\">Tone Up Your Writing: Confidence vs Arrogance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/insead-mba-criterion-4-leadership-potential\/\">This article<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where to apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\">help you get accepted<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last\u00a0post in a\u00a04-part series\u00a0that examines INSEAD MBA\u2019s admission criteria.\u00a0 What is leadership potential? INSEAD is not unique among MBA programs in desiring leadership potential in applicants. 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