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Breaking Down IMD's Mandatory Essay: My analysis
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Mandatory Essay Question
Describe a situation in which you failed as a leader. What did you learn from it? (Word limit 300)
My analysis:
The phrase to take note of is, “failed as a LEADER”. Leadership is always in the context of other people and applicants must take note of this when attempting this essay. So, the adcom wants you to tell of a situation where you were working with other people and failed to do something/ overlooked doing something that had its repercussions. An example could be not listening to your team members’ ideas for reasons you thought best at that time, but this later had a negative impact on your objective. Another example could be failing your team or their expectations from you/ not representing their interests well enough in some way.
Whatever your example be, one major part of the essay would be the self-reflection and analysis of what you did wrong. The best way to grow for a leader is to learn from their own mistakes, so let the adcom see that your failure offered you a learning experience that helped you improve and gain success in the future. To address this second bit, you may write a short example of another similar situation at a later time where you were able to implement your learnings.
The essay’s short word limit makes it imperative that you write to the point. A mistake applicants often make is to delve too deep into the situation building. As a result, they rush through the meatier parts of the storytelling, which is what they did wrong, what repercussions it had on others and what self-reflection did they go through. So, remember to economize your words to stay on track and cover every bit of the story.
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