Question

Chevening is looking for individuals with strong professional relationship building skills, who will engage with the Chevening community and influence and lead others in their chosen profession. Please explain how you build and maintain relationships in a professional capacity, using clear examples of how you currently do this, and outline how you hope to use this skill in the future.

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Explanation:

Individuals with excellent relationship building skills would be able to engage and lead members of Chevening community in their respective profession.  Forming a bond with these sets of people who have a stake in the success or failure of your tasks would help you stay on track of your career and projects.

To build these relationships, you need to identify your relationship needs. Do you feel you have come to know what you need from these people you have formed a bond with and do they know what they need from you? In my own case, I engage in regular communications with everyone to ensure I understand what I need from them and what they need from me.  

I have also spent time in developed my Emotional Intelligence [E.I] which is worthwhile in building professional relationships. I have rightly done this by recognising my own emotions and ensure I understand what I feel in different situations. This high level of EI would help in understanding the emotions and needs of your professional relationships.  

These skills would be much needed when working in a corporate environment. I would be able to form bonds with different stakeholders, colleagues and customers, and understand their needs and emotions to be able to achieve different business needs.