Leland+ Content Library

How to Recruit for Consulting out of Your MBA

After this session, you will know how to build a credible consulting recruiting timeline from your MBA program, including when to start networking with firms, how to approach case prep alongside academics, and what separates candidates who land offers from those who stall out in the process. The coach will also walk through how to position your pre-MBA background so it works for you, not against you, in consulting interviews.

How to Properly Set up Claude Cowork for Agentic AI workflows

If you want to set up Claude Cowork so that you can properly create and automate your business workflows, you need to check out this playbook. It will give you step by step instructions to set up what you need to get agentic AI outcomes. It doesn't matter what business you are in, the set up will be applicable!

AMCAS Work & Activities: Turning Experiences into Acceptances [4/29/2026] (Recording)

After this session, you will know how to frame your Work & Activities entries so they communicate growth, responsibility, and fit rather than just listing what you did. We will cover how to allocate your most meaningful experience designation, how to write descriptions that read as reflective rather than resume-like, and how to handle gaps or unconventional experiences without over-explaining. Attending live means you can ask about your specific situation and hear how context changes the answer, which a recording cannot replicate. The coach reviews these sections regularly across successful applicants and will share the patterns that separate entries that land from those that get skimmed.

What Top Investment Banking Candidates Do Differently: Strategy, Positioning & Interview Edge

In this session, you will learn how to position yourself as a compelling investment banking candidate before you ever walk into an interview. We will cover how to build a deal experience narrative that holds up under pressure, how to differentiate yourself in a crowded applicant pool, and what interviewers are actually evaluating when they ask behavioral questions.

Anatomy of a Standout Dental School Personal Statement

Writing a dental school personal statement that actually sounds like you—while still hitting the themes admissions committees care about—is harder than most applicants expect. This session is for pre-dental students who want to understand what separates a compelling personal statement from one that reads like every other application. You'll leave knowing how to structure your narrative arc, how to weave in clinical experiences without listing them, and how to convey genuine motivation for dentistry in a way that feels specific rather than generic.

My AI Workflow

After this session, you will be able to map out a personal AI workflow that saves time on repetitive tasks and sharpens the quality of your work output. We will cover how to chain AI tools together for multi-step automation, how to build lightweight agents that handle routine decisions without your constant input, and how to identify which parts of your workflow are actually worth automating.

Defining the 1%: The Skills and Habits Behind 99th Percentile LSAT Scores

Scoring in the 99th percentile on the LSAT requires more than just practice—it reflects a specific set of skills, habits, and ways of thinking that most test takers never fully develop. This session is for students aiming to break into the 170s who want to understand what truly separates top scorers from the rest. You’ll learn how high scorers approach each section, the study habits that drive consistent improvement, and what differentiates performance across the 150s, 160s, and 170s.

Meeting Prep Skill

"/meeting-prep" generates a pre-meeting brief by pulling upcoming calendar events, searching Notion for relevant project context, and scanning Slack for recent conversations. This is all synthesized into a one-page brief covering purpose, outcomes, open questions, and prep notes. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/meeting-prep-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/meeting-prep/

n8n Job Finder Workflow

This is an n8n JSON file that can be downloaded and uploaded into n8n via the 'import from file..' option found in the top right corner of a blank n8n workflow. This workflow is meant to be customized by you, but is set to run weekly, search for jobs in your desired industry/location, manages a Google Sheet with the data collected, and sends you an email summary of what's new. For more information on what n8n is and how to use it, check out "An Introduction to n8n" found on Leland+ https://www.joinleland.com/content/item/urn:contentEntry:69df39011ac7ef3b77c92c97

AI Audit Worksheet and Guide

Your AI Automation Audit Kit - the six-dimension framework from the "How to Audit Your Own Job for Automation Opportunities" session, ready to use. Includes a one-page scoring worksheet (print it, score a task in 10 minutes) and a companion guide that walks you through each dimension with traps to avoid, scoring anchors, and advice for reading your results. Start with one task. The audit takes 10 minutes. The audit is the part that decides whether that day is well spent.

Quarterly Report Generator Skill

"/qbr-generator" builds a structured quarterly business review covering revenue performance, pipeline coverage, and forecast confidence. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/qbr-generator-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Land Your Job or Study in ... The Netherlands

The Netherlands punches well above its weight. A country of 18 million people hosts the European headquarters of companies like ASML, Shell, Philips, Booking.com, Heineken, and IKEA. Rotterdam is home to the largest port in Europe. Amsterdam ranks among the continent's top financial and tech hubs. For a non-EU professional, this combination of scale, innovation, and openness is rare. The language barrier that slows people down in other European countries simply does not exist here. The Dutch are among the most proficient English speakers in the world outside of native-speaking countries. Most professional environments operate entirely in English. That removes one of the biggest obstacles non-EU candidates face elsewhere. This session covers the study path and the direct job path side by side: visa options, living costs in Amsterdam and beyond, the multicultural workplace culture that makes integration genuinely easier, and how to position yourself in a market that spans logistics, tech, finance, agriculture, and life sciences. Two real cases show how international candidates turned Dutch openness into a concrete career move. The Netherlands is one of the most welcoming labour markets in Europe. This Thursday, we show you how to use that to your advantage. New episodes in this series cover a different European country every Thursday.

What to Know About the Kellogg Interview [5/5/2026] (Recording)

The Kellogg interview is a critical part of your application and evaluates far more than your resume. This session is for applicants preparing for Kellogg who want to understand how to stand out in a behavioral, resume-driven interview format. You’ll learn how to structure your answers, highlight leadership and collaboration effectively, and prepare for the specific questions and traits Kellogg interviewers focus on. Join live to hear how an experienced MBA admissions coach prepares candidates for the Kellogg interview and the patterns they see across successful applicants. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions about your own preparation and get real-time guidance typically shared in 1:1 coaching sessions.

Interview Insider: Decode the Hiring Manager

You landed the interview—now, how do you secure the offer? Most candidates focus on what to say, but successful professionals focus on how to think like the person doing the hiring. Join this free, dynamic workshop to gain the ultimate edge in any interview setting. Leveraging my experience as a former Finance Recruiter and Sourcer, I'll reveal the simple, repeatable strategies you need to master behavioral questions and confidently approach the final salary negotiation. This workshop is essential for you if: - You struggle to talk about your weaknesses or past failures. - You freeze up when asked tough, unpredictable behavioral questions. - You don't know your market value and feel anxious about negotiating salary. What you'll get out of this event: - The STAR Method Masterclass: Learn the clear, reliable framework for telling compelling stories that answer any behavioral question with precision. - Recruiter Mindset: Gain insider perspective on the real goal behind tricky questions (and how to deliver the answer the hiring manager is actually looking for). - Negotiation Foundations: Get practical, step-by-step guidance on researching your worth and approaching the salary discussion with confidence. Stop guessing what they want to hear and start interviewing like an insider!

How Engineers Avoid Burnout During Recruiting Cycles

After this session, you will be able to identify the specific cognitive load patterns that accumulate into burnout and apply practical frameworks for restructuring your workload before you hit a wall. We will cover how to audit where your mental energy actually goes in a typical sprint, how to communicate capacity limits to managers without signaling disengagement, and how to build sustainable systems for context-switching across complex codebases.

Resume That Landed Interviews at HRT, Jane Street, DE Shaw, Citadel...

This resume got me interviews across every top-tier quant firms (HRT, Jump, Jane Street...) and leading hedge funds (Citadel, Millennium, D.E. Shaw...) You will find: • Focused on demonstrated edge (PnL impact, original research, decision-making) • Combines quant + fundamental investing in a cohesive narrative • Clearly communicates technical depth (Python, modeling, data pipelines) • Structured to highlight independent thinking and idea generation • Uses real examples of market impact and trade contributions • Proven format for top-tier hedge funds and quant trading firms Designed to pass both recruiter screens and impress PMs.

8 Steps to Complete MBA App: 2) Key Stories/Strategic School Outreach

Applying to business school can feel overwhelming! You have dozens of moving pieces: essays, short answers, video content, resume, recommendations, outreach, research, and more. This workshop is the second of a structured 8-part MBA Identity Mapping series designed to take you from fragmented tasks to a clear plan of action. In this session, you will turn your experiences into structured story summaries and begin strategic outreach to students and alumni. These sessions walk you step by step through building one fully aligned MBA application. In every workshop, you will be assigned tasks to complete over the next two weeks, keeping you focused and accountable. By the end, you will have strong, authentic essays and a narrative that runs consistently through your resume, goals, recommendations, school strategy, and interviews. You are absolutely welcome to attend individual sessions if you only need focused help on a specific component(s) of your MBA application. Event 2 transforms your experiences into structured story material and begins meaningful school outreach: • Distill 10–20 high-impact stories from your Life Story Timeline using a structured framework. • Learn how to select stories that reveal leadership, growth, resilience, and character. • Apply tagging to identify recurring themes that will shape your positioning. • Begin outreach to current students and alumni. This is the phase where your raw experiences begin turning into usable material. You move from “I’ve done a lot” to “Here are the defining stories that show exactly who I am.” The MBA Identity Mapping process has guided 100+ applicants into every M7 program, all other top 20 U.S. programs, and leading international programs including INSEAD, London Business School, IESE, Esade, Oxford, Cambridge, NUS, and more. Clients consistently describe it as transformative because it replaces scattered effort with forward momentum and strategic clarity. If you are ready to develop a compelling story bank and begin connecting with your target schools in a thoughtful, intentional way, this is your next step.

OpenClaw for Beginners: Build AI Agents from Scratch (Free)

A complete beginner-friendly course on building and running AI agents using OpenClaw Architecture — 100% free to set up. In this course, you'll learn how to: • Install and configure OpenClaw on a DigitalOcean droplet (cloud server) • Connect your preferred language model (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Qwen, and more) • Understand the core anatomy of an AI agent: soul, identity, skills, memory, heartbeat, and cron jobs • Add Perplexity-powered search capability to your agent • Troubleshoot terminal errors in real time using a "fail fast" methodology • Manage costs and token usage to keep your monthly spend under $50 • Think like a builder: define your success outcome before writing a single line of config This course is built for non-technical beginners and power users alike. You'll watch a live, detailed setup — including real errors and how to fix them — so you know exactly what to expect when building your own agent infrastructure. By the end, you'll have a self-hosted AI agent running autonomously in the background, capable of handling research, sales outreach, content, and more — amplified across everything you do.

How to Build AI-Powered Features Without an ML Team

Building AI-powered features no longer requires a full machine learning team, but many product builders aren’t sure where to start or what’s actually feasible. This session is for PMs, founders, and builders who want to integrate AI into their products in a practical, scalable way. You’ll learn how to identify high-impact use cases, leverage existing models and tools, and make smart product decisions without needing deep ML expertise.

Startup Financial Modeling Skill

"/startup-financial-modeling" will build comprehensive 3-5 year financial models for early-stage startups, covering cohort-based revenue projections, cost structure, burn rate, runway, headcount planning, and fundraising scenario analysis. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/startup-financial-modeling-skill.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/startup-financial-modeling/