Leland+ Content Library

Getting into the Most Competitive International MBA Programs [8/28/2026] (Recording)

The world's top international MBA programs look for more than impressive resumes. They seek applicants who demonstrate leadership, global perspective, and a compelling reason for pursuing an MBA abroad. This session is for prospective MBA applicants who want to strengthen their candidacy for highly competitive international business schools. You'll learn what distinguishes successful applicants, how admissions expectations differ across top global programs, and the strategies that can help your application stand out. Join live to hear from two MBA admissions experts with MBAs from the University of Oxford who have helped applicants navigate the international admissions process. They'll share practical application strategies, common pitfalls to avoid, and firsthand insights into what top international MBA programs are looking for. Expect actionable guidance you can immediately apply as you prepare your applications.

Make Every Optional Essay and Addendum Count [8/5/2026] (Recording)

Optional essays and addenda can have a significant impact on your law school application, but many applicants either overlook them or miss the opportunity to use them strategically. This session is for aspiring law students who want to strengthen every part of their application and make each supplemental response work in their favor. You'll learn when to write an optional essay or addendum, what admissions committees are looking for, and how to use these materials to reinforce your overall candidacy. Join live to hear from a law school admissions expert with a Columbia Law JD who understands how strong supplemental materials can elevate an application. The speaker will share practical writing strategies, common mistakes to avoid, and real examples of what makes optional essays and addenda truly effective. Expect actionable guidance you can immediately apply to submit a stronger, more polished application.

Should I Reapply This Cycle? I'm So Confused! [7/24/2026] (Recording)

Feeling uncertain about whether to reapply to dental school this cycle? Join me for an insightful session where we'll tackle this common dilemma together. With decades of experience in prehealth advising and admissions, including my role as Director of Admissions at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, and Assistant Dean at both Fordham University and Columbia University, I've guided countless applicants through the complexities of the dental school application process. Whether you're considering reapplying with the same material, or retooling your whole application, this session will provide you with the clarity and confidence you need to make informed decisions.

MBA Behavioral Interviews: How to Tell Stories That Stand Out [10/8/2026] (Recording)

"Tell me about a time you failed." "Describe a situation where you faced conflict." "Give me an example of your leadership." These questions sound straightforward, but choosing the right story and knowing how to tell it can make all the difference. Join Loubna Bouamane, former Director of MBA Admissions and founder of The Admission Concierge, for a practical session on mastering behavioral MBA interview questions. We'll explore how to select compelling examples, structure your answers, and demonstrate your impact without sounding rehearsed. Key Takeaways - Choose the right stories: Identify experiences that demonstrate leadership, resilience, teamwork, and self-awareness. - Structure compelling answers: Learn how to use the STAR method to communicate your actions, impact, and lessons learned. - Avoid common mistakes: Discover how to handle difficult questions about failure and conflict while keeping your answers authentic and memorable.

AI Made Accessible: Real Power for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses [9/25/2026] (Recording)

AI is no longer just for large companies with massive budgets and technical teams. Small and midsize businesses can now use AI to streamline operations, improve decision-making, and unlock new opportunities for growth. This session is for business owners and operators who want to move beyond the hype and understand how AI can create tangible value for their organization. You'll learn practical ways to identify high-impact use cases, choose the right opportunities, and start applying AI to real business problems. Join live to hear from an AI expert who specializes in helping clients harness AI to achieve measurable business outcomes. The speaker will share practical examples, actionable frameworks, and strategies for turning AI from an interesting technology into a useful part of your business. Bring your questions and leave with ideas you can start applying right away.

Build Live, Interactive Claude Artifacts for Daily Use [7/22/2026] (Recording)

After this session, you will know how to build Claude artifacts that run as live, interactive tools you can use every day, not just static outputs you copy and paste. We will cover how to prompt Claude to generate functional interfaces, how to structure artifacts for reuse across recurring workflows, and how to move from experimenting with AI to deploying it in a practical daily system. Attending live means you can bring your specific use case, whether that is automating a research process or building a personal decision tool, and get real-time feedback on whether your approach will actually work. This coach builds and ships AI automation systems as an active practitioner, and this session is a direct look at how that thinking works in practice.

Stop Memorizing Frameworks: How to Build a Structure That's Actually Specific to [7/17/2026] (Recording)

The first few minutes of a case interview reveal more than most candidates realize. A weak opening signals that you don't have a structure. A scripted opening signals that you're not actually thinking. As a former BCG interviewer and Ross peer coach, I've watched both play out dozens of times, and I know exactly what interviewers are evaluating. This session is about building a case opening that's structured, specific, and sounds like you. Why the opening matters more than candidates think and what interviewers are actually assessing -The difference between having a structure and reciting a framework, and why interviewers can tell immediately -What a confident, specific case opening and framework sound like vs. what most candidates do A Repeatable Approach to Structuring Any Case in Real Time: You shouldn't be memorizing issue trees. You should be building them. -What to do in the 30–45 seconds of thinking time before you speak (and why most candidates waste them) -How to build a structure that's specific to the prompt in front of you rather than pulled from a template -How to adjust when the case type isn't immediately obvious Live Walkthrough: Watch the approach applied to a real case prompt from opening to structure.

How to plan 30-60-90 days in a new role : Onboard With Confidence [9/9/2026] (Recording)

You will learn the Do's and Don'ts to approach the first 90 days at a new role. Walk away with high level strategies to nail your onboarding. I will be walking you through on how you can set goals that feel achievable without feeling overwhelmed and win trust of your Managers and stakeholders. You will also walk away with a free playbook (30-60-90 days) that you can start using immediately in your new role.

Thinking of a career in sales? Discover the 7 steps for B2B sales success. [9/30/2026] (Recording)

A fast-paced, practical 40-minute session for founders, business owners and anyone thinking of a career in sales... This session is set up to help you understand and navigate the 7 steps of any B2B sale. Whether you're considering a career in sales, just starting out, or looking for tips to improve your results - this session will give you the grounding you need for a successful sales career. Hosted by Alex Henneberg, who spent thirty years leading multi-million-pound B2B deals for organisations including Microsoft, BT and Siemens. He’s helped hundreds of enterprise and SME sellers as well as start-up founders sell more effectively — helping businesses win over £1bn in sales at win rates above 60%. You'll leave with an understanding of the seven-stage process for progressing any B2B sale — P.L.A.N.N.E.D. — and the specific tools and techniques to use at each stage. So you can sell with more control and structure, handle objections with expertise and close with confidence. There's live Q&A at the end for your own questions, and the option to book a free follow-up 1:1 call afterwards.

Mixtures and Weighted Averages with the Number Line Trick [8/13/2026] (Recording)

Come join this session to learn a very clearcut method for deciphering the most. complicated Mixture problems. I'll show you all the different variations of Mixture problems and how to tackle each type.

PhD Applications: How to Identify Faculty Fit and Reach Out Strategically [9/24/2026] (Recording)

We'll cover: How to identify genuine research fit beyond simply matching keywords How many potential advisors you should identify at each program How to find out whether a professor is actually taking students When you should—and shouldn't—contact faculty before applying How to write a faculty outreach email that is specific without sounding transactional How to interpret responses like “I encourage you to apply,” “admissions are handled by the committee,” or no response at all How funding and faculty availability can affect your school list How to discuss faculty fit effectively in your Statement of Purpose What to do when your ideal professor isn't accepting students

Master Telling Your Story: Improve Your Networking and Interviews [9/14/2026] (Recording)

After this session, you'll know how to shape your personal narrative so it holds up in both networking conversations and formal interviews for investment banking roles. We'll cover how to frame your "why banking" story with specificity, how to connect your background to the skills bankers actually look for, and how to adjust your delivery depending on whether you're in a coffee chat or a final-round interview. Attending live means you can bring your actual story and get real-time feedback on what's landing and what's getting in your way, context a recording simply cannot replicate. The coach works with banking candidates regularly and will share the patterns that separate the narratives that resonate from the ones that stall, which is worth more than any prepared script.

GMAT Scoring Isn't About Getting Everything Right: Why Top Scorers Skip [7/28/2026] (Recording)

60-minute Leland Event | Live with Q&A | Hosted by Josh P. Somewhere in your last mock, one question ate four minutes of your life. You knew you should let it go. You didn't — because walking away feels like giving points back. Here's what the scoring algorithm knows that you don't: your GMAT score isn't a count of right answers. The GMAT is adaptive. Every right answer pushes you toward harder questions; every wrong answer pulls you back toward easier ones. Your score isn't how many you got — it's the difficulty level you can hold. That flips two things most test-takers get backwards: a wrong answer at the top of your range isn't failure, it's evidence you're playing at your ceiling. And the four minutes you sink into one unwinnable question quietly costs you two or three winnable ones. (On the GMAT you can't leave a question blank — "skipping" means deciding fast, picking, and banking the time. That decision is a trainable skill.) In this 60-minute session, I'll put the scoring engine on screen — the same scoring model I coach my 1:1 students on Leland with — and then we'll train the skill live: real problems, you vote "fight or fold" in the chat, and we run the skip decision together. You'll learn: - How the adaptive algorithm actually sets your score — and why "answer everything right" is the wrong goal - The GMAT Potential map: why wrong answers at your edge mean you're exactly where you should be - The real cost of over-investing in one hard question (it's never just one question) - A two-question skip rule you can apply on your very next practice set Whether you're four weeks in or staring down a retake — if the clock beats you before the content does, this session is for you. Bring your questions: the last 15 minutes are open Q&A. Josh P. — GMAT Coach on Leland · Top 3 · 5.0★ · Booth MBA · Ex-BCG

From Background to Business School: How to Build a Credible MBA Narrative [8/20/2026] (Recording)

Most "Why MBA" answers fail before they start, not because applicants can't write, but because they're answering the wrong question. As a Ross alum and admissions interviewer, I can tell you: the goals essay isn't about where you want to go. It's about whether adcom believes you'll get there, and whether an MBA is the logical next step for someone like you. This session breaks down how to build a goals narrative that's specific, credible, and connects your past to your future in a way that doesn't sound manufactured. What Adcom Is Actually Evaluating When They Read Your Goals Essay: It's not the goal itself, it's whether your story hangs together. -The three questions every adcom reader is asking while they read your answer -Why "I want to develop leadership skills" and similar answers kill otherwise strong applications -The difference between a goal that's ambitious and one that's believable The Architecture of a Strong Why MBA Story: Most applicants lead with too much context. Here's why that doesn't work and what to do instead. -How to connect your past experience to your post-MBA goal in a way that feels inevitable, not invented -The difference between a career change story and a career progression story, and how to tell yours -Why specificity is the single most important thing you can bring to this essay Where Applicants Lose Adcom's Trust: A weak goals essay doesn't just lose points, it raises questions about your whole application. -How vague goals undermine even a strong resume and work history -How to handle "why now" when there's no clean answer -What to do if your goals have shifted since you started the application Making It Concrete: A framework you can use immediately to test whether your story is working. -How to gut-check your narrative before you put it on paper -What a strong vs. weak Why MBA story actually looks like, side by side -The one question to ask yourself before you finalize anything

Stop Freezing on Case Frameworks: How to Know Where to Start [9/1/2026] (Recording)

When I first started casing, I would hear a question and completely freeze. I had no idea where to start, what framework to use, or even what a “good” answer was supposed to sound like. I genuinely thought there was some secret code to cracking cases that everyone else seemed to understand except me. Over time, I realized casing isn’t about memorizing the perfect framework or magically knowing the answer. It’s about learning how to break down an unfamiliar problem, organize your thoughts, and work through it step by step. In this livestream, I’ll share the approach that helped casing finally click for me. We’ll talk through frameworks, how to actually answer different types of case questions, what to do when you feel stuck, and how to structure your thinking without sounding rehearsed. My goal is for you to leave feeling like casing is something you can learn—not some mysterious skill you either have or you don’t.

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From 309 to 324 | Tips to Improve Your GRE Score [8/30/2026] (Recording)

Are you aiming to boost your GRE score and secure a spot in a top MBA program? Join me for an insightful session on how I improved my GRE score from 309 to 324 and how you can too! As a London Business School MBA2025 alumni and Strategy Consultant at Accenture, I'll share my tips and tricks on how I prepared for the test (on top of a busy and unpredictable work schedule) to help you excel in your assessment. Whether you're targeting a traditional full-time MBA or just looking to enhance your GRE performance, this session is designed for you. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP and secure your spot today!

Building an AI Travel Agent That Plans Your Entire Trip [8/11/2026] (Recording)

Planning a trip can involve hours of research, comparisons, and coordination, but AI can now handle much of that work for you. This session is for anyone interested in building practical AI applications, regardless of their technical background. You'll learn how to create an AI-powered travel agent that can research destinations, build itineraries, and help plan an entire trip with minimal manual effort. Join live to hear from a Leland customer who successfully built AI-powered applications without any coding experience. The speaker will walk through the process of building a travel planning agent, share the tools and workflows they used, and demonstrate how today's AI platforms make it possible for anyone to turn an idea into a functional product. Expect practical insights and inspiration for building your own AI projects.

How to Ace the HBS MBA Interview [10/11/2026] (Recording)

Are you preparing for the Harvard Business School MBA interview and want to make a lasting impression? Join me, Rifat (HBS MBA), for an insightful session on acing the HBS MBA interview. As an Admissions Fellow at HBS, I learned the ins and outs of MBA admissions. Join me to learn more about how you can prepare and stand out during your interview! Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP and secure your spot today!

Ask about Career Planning & Job Hunting [10/28/2026] (Recording)

Join me, Anthony, for an engaging "Ask Me Anything" session where we'll dive into the essentials of career development. Whether you're looking to refine your career planning, ace your next interview, polish your resume, or enhance your personal brand, this event is your opportunity to get personalized advice and insights. With a PhD in Innovation from the University of Hong Kong and a Master's from Harvard Business School, I've spent years navigating the intersections of innovation, finance, and technology. My professional journey includes leading venture sourcing in China, evaluating cutting-edge technologies, and advising at Harvard's Innovation Lab. I've also worked in investment banking and wealth management at top firms like Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan. This session is perfect for anyone eager to explore new career paths or enhance their current trajectory. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP and secure your spot. I look forward to helping you unlock your potential!