Leland+ Content Library

What Top MBA Candidates Do Differently [5/4/2026] (Recording)

Top MBA candidates don’t just have strong profiles—they make intentional decisions about how they position their experiences, goals, and story. This session is for applicants who want to understand what actually differentiates successful candidates across top programs. You’ll learn how to frame your impact, articulate clear and credible goals, and avoid the common mistakes that weaken otherwise competitive applications. Join live to hear perspectives from a panel of experienced MBA coaches who work closely with applicants and evaluate what stands out. The discussion will follow a curated set of high-impact questions, offering structured insights and examples typically shared in 1:1 coaching sessions.

Land a Consulting Offer Week: Kickoff Panel [5/4/2026] (Recording)

Breaking into consulting isn’t just about working harder—it’s about knowing where to focus your effort. This kickoff session is for candidates looking to land consulting offers with a clearer, more strategic approach. You’ll learn how successful applicants prepare across resumes, networking, and case interviews, what timelines to expect, and where to focus to maximize your chances. Join live to hear directly from experienced consulting coaches and ask your questions about breaking into consulting. The panelists regularly work with candidates through recruiting and will share the patterns they see across successful applicants and what stands out from the hiring side. It’s a strong way to start with the right plan and perspective.

Skills for Finding the Right Clients

The "Skills for Finding the Right Clients" bundle is a group of four skills that define who you're selling to before doing anything else. These skills build your ICP, personas, objection playbook, and a qualification framework for new prospects. The "Skills for Client Outreach" and "Skills for Campaign Feedback & Improvement" bundles build on this foundation and form a full stack. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/foundation-bundle.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Skills for Client Outreach

The "Skills for Client Outreach" bundle works together with the "Skills for Finding the Right Clients" and "Skills for Campaign Feedback & Improvement" bundles as one operating stack. It covers client outreach and daily operations. It covers the full loop of who to contact (intent signals, lead prioritization), why to contact them now (trigger mapping), and what to say (sequence architecture, copy frameworks, personalization). Most people will live in this bundle day-to-day. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/outreach-bundle.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Always Busy, Never Done? The Hidden Workload That's Draining Your Energy

Always Busy, Never Done: The Hidden Work That's Draining Your Energy Ever end a day completely drained, but can't point to what you actually got done? You're not alone, and it's very easy to fall into this cycle. This topic is one of several to help you understand what's really getting in the way of your performance, energy, and focus. In this session, we're breaking down one of the biggest hidden drains on your energy, and the invisible workload most people never account for. You'll leave with a clear picture of what's actually happening in your day and how you can start changing it. This is for you if: You feel busy but never getting enough done You're early in your career and want to build strong habits now You're mid-career and something just feels off You're in a transition period and trying to find your footing

8 Steps to an MBA App: 3) Core Values, Superpowers & LOR Strategy

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 third 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 identify your core values and defining strengths and begin aligning your Letters of Recommendation with your overall narrative. 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 organized and accountable. By the end, you will have strong, authentic essays and a cohesive narrative that runs consistently through your resume, goals, recommendations, school strategy, and interviews. You are absolutely welcome to watch individual sessions if you only need focused help on a specific component(s) of your MBA application. Event 3 clarifies your defining characteristic and begins the recommendation process: • Identify 3–5 core values and superpowers that consistently appear across your key stories. • Define what each strength truly means in your life and how it shows up in action. • Ensure your positioning reflects who you actually are, not who you think admissions wants you to be. • Learn how to select recommenders and ensure strong narrative alignment. This is the phase where your stories become identity. Instead of a collection of experiences, you now articulate the defining qualities that connect your past, present, and future. 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 clarify what truly defines you and ensure your recommendations reinforce your positioning, this is your next step.

Resume Template

Use this template to tailor your resume to the job you are applying to. Make sure to read the entire resume as some lines are examples and some lines explain what to write. You will need a PDF editor to use this template. If you don't have one, reach out to me and I will help you!

What Makes a Winning Law School Personal Statement [4/29/2026] (Recording)

A strong law school personal statement does more than tell a good story—it shows admissions committees how you think, what drives you, and why you belong in the legal field. This session is designed for applicants who want to understand what separates memorable essays from ones that blend into the stack. You’ll learn the qualities admissions readers look for, how to structure a clear and compelling narrative, and the common mistakes that weaken otherwise strong essays. Join live to hear how experienced admissions coaches evaluates personal statements and the patterns they see across successful law school applicants.

How To Write Outstanding Law School Application Essays [4/29/2026] (Recording)

Your law school application essays are arguably the most important aspect of your law school applications. To have the best outcomes and plenty of options at the end of the process, you need to craft compelling essays with solid narratives that paint a picture beyond your numbers. We will talk about different essay prompts and how best to tackle them, why it makes sense to have two 'main' essays instead of just one, how to handle optional essays and the dreaded 'why x school' essays. We will also have time for some 'Ask Me Anything' at the end.

How to Prepare for the GRE With Just Two Weeks vs. Two Months [4/30/2026] (Recording)

In this session, you'll learn how to build a realistic GRE study plan based on how much time you actually have. Whether you're working with two weeks or two months, you'll walk away knowing which question types to prioritize first, how to allocate your hours across Verbal and Quant, and when to cut your losses on a concept and move on. Attending live means you can describe your specific timeline and score goals and get a direct answer about what your plan should look like, not a generic framework. The coach works with GRE students regularly and will share the patterns she sees in how successful test-takers adjust their approach when time is short, which is the kind of thinking that does not show up in a study guide.

Land Your Job or Study in ... Denmark

Denmark does not make much noise. It does not need to. Novo Nordisk alone accounts for roughly 4% of the entire Danish GDP. Vestas leads the world in wind energy. Danfoss sets the standard in industrial automation. These are not household names to most non-EU professionals, and that is precisely the point: the competition for roles here is lower than the quality of the companies would suggest. The labour market is tight and the skills shortage is real, which works in your favour. English is the default language in most professional environments. The workforce is genuinely multicultural, and Danish workplace culture is notably flat: titles matter less than contribution. This session covers both paths in: studying at world-class institutions like Copenhagen Business School and the Technical University of Denmark, and entering the job market directly. We go through visa options, the Danish approach to work-life integration, living costs, and what international candidates consistently get wrong in their applications. Two real cases show what a successful move to Denmark actually looks like. Denmark is smaller than its neighbours and more selective. This Thursday, we show you exactly how to qualify. New episodes in this series cover a different European country every Thursday.

Acing the MIT Sloan Interview [4/30/2026] (Recording)

After this session, you will know how to approach MIT Sloan's distinctive interview format with a clear strategy. We'll cover how to structure your responses to behavioral questions, how to articulate your post-MBA goals in a way that aligns with what Sloan evaluators are listening for, and how to prepare for the conversational style that catches many deferred MBA candidates off guard. Attending live gives you the chance to ask about your specific background, your goals, or a response you're unsure about, and to hear how those answers land in real time. The coach works with deferred MBA applicants through this process regularly, and this session reflects the patterns they see across candidates who interview well.

LSAT Logical Reasoning: Common Flaws and Common Wrong Answers

After this session, you'll be able to identify the logical flaws test-makers return to most often and recognize why certain wrong answers are designed to feel correct. We'll cover the structural patterns behind common flaw types like circular reasoning and false causation, how to spot the specific language that signals a trap answer, and what distinguishes a tempting distractor from a provably wrong choice.

Breaking Down Monster GRE Quant Questions

In this session, you will work through a difficult GRE Quantitative Reasoning problem step by step and leave knowing how to apply that same approach to similar questions on your own. We will focus on identifying what the question is actually testing beneath the surface, breaking down the logic before touching the math, and recognizing the structural patterns that appear repeatedly across hard quant problems.

What Top Investment Banks Are Looking For

Many candidates aiming for investment banking roles aren’t sure what actually differentiates applicants in a highly competitive process. This session is designed for students and early-career professionals who want to understand how top banks evaluate candidates beyond GPA and technical skills. You’ll learn what qualities banks prioritize, how to position your experiences effectively, and how successful candidates prepare for both networking and interviews.

Build an AI Personal Trainer

A good personal trainer costs $100 an hour and sees you twice a week. Yours will live in your pocket, cost nothing, and know exactly what to tell you the morning after you slept four hours. ​Join Jon Metz, Principal AI Product Manager at Nike, for an exclusive AI Builder session where you'll build your own AI personal trainer from scratch. Jon will walk you through every step, and by the end of the hour you'll have a working AI that takes your health information and fitness goals and generates a plan that's actually yours. ​This isn't a demo. You'll be building alongside him in real time, so you'll leave with a finished product, not a to-do list. ​Jon spends his days at Nike figuring out how AI can meet athletes where they are. Now he's bringing that expertise directly to you. ​Open exclusively to AI Builder Program members.

Why You Didn’t Get Into a PhD Program (And How to Fix It Before December)

Not getting into a PhD program can be frustrating—especially when it’s unclear what held your application back. This session is designed for reapplicants and first-time applicants who want to understand how admissions committees actually evaluate candidates and where strong profiles fall short. You’ll learn how to diagnose weaknesses in your application, strengthen your research narrative, and make targeted improvements before the next round of deadlines.

Frontend Design Skill

"/frontend-design" creates distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with bold aesthetic direction, intentional typography, animation, and spatial composition. It generates working HTML/CSS/JS or React code that avoids generic AI aesthetics. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/frontend-design-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/frontend-design/

Systematic Debugging Skill

"/systematic-debugging" enforces root-cause investigation before any fix is proposed. It works through four phases (investigate, isolate, fix, verify) to prevent symptom patches and repeated failures. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/systematic-debugging-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/systematic-debugging/

Building an AI Knowledge Wiki

Structure your context files so your AI agent always has the right information, retrieves it without guessing, and gives you specific answers instead of generic ones.