Leland+ Content Library
Stanford GSB Letter of Recommendation - Highlighting Curiosity and Energy
This letter of recommendation highlights the applicant's qualities as an action-oriented leader, specifically noting her contributions to virtual care platform rollout, clinical needs assessments, and her efforts to center patient perspectives within healthcare initiatives.
Yale Essay – The Biggest Commitment: Faith and Gender Equity
A deeply personal essay reflecting on an 18-month religious mission as a transformative commitment—reshaping the applicant’s worldview, sparking a gender equity journey, and laying the foundation for her social impact career.
Kellogg Essay Example - Leadership and the Habit of Service
A values-driven essay reflecting on how the principle of serving others has shaped the applicant’s leadership—across school, military, and civic life—and continues to guide a future in public service.
Georgetown MBA Example Essay – Leading Through Injury and Adversity
A moving response to Georgetown's prompt on leading outside your comfort zone, recounting how the applicant built community, vulnerability, and team success after surviving a life-altering injury.
HBS Deferred Example Essays – Health Equity, Innovation, and Impact
Three essays reflecting on leadership through personal health challenges, community advocacy, and a bold career vision to transform the intersection of healthcare and food systems.
Wharton Deferred Essays – Food Systems, Health Equity, and Community
Two essays outlining a bold vision for leading innovation in the plant-based space and a deep commitment to equity-driven impact through food, health, and student engagement.
Kellogg Deferred Essay Example – Leadership, Resourcefulness, and Community Impact
An essay detailing how quick thinking and persistence helped secure funding, lodging, and institutional support for a national dance competition, while laying the groundwork for future student leaders.
Example Resume - Background in Consulting, Coaching, and Product Management
See a standout example resume from someone with extensive experience as a consultant, coach, and product manager.
Stanford Med School Personal Statement on Storytelling and Service
A personal essay exploring how storytelling, hardship, and advocacy shaped a deep commitment to medicine and patient-centered care.
When You Should (and Shouldn't) Go to Graduate School
A candid guide to evaluating whether grad school aligns with your goals, including factors to consider before making the leap.
Columbia MBA Example Essays – Music Education, Innovation, and Leadership
Three essays answering Columbia's prompts on “Why an MBA,” “A favorite class,” and “A leader you admire,” blending a passion for music education with social entrepreneurship, teamwork, and creative leadership.
Designing AI Systems That People Actually Trust and Use
Most people using AI tools at work have the same quiet worry: what is actually happening to my data? It is a fair question, and most AI systems are not designed to answer it well. Join Andrew Quillen, former Head of AI at Spotify and Content Strategist at OpenAI, for a session on how to design AI systems that people actually trust. Andrew will walk through how to think about sensitive data, connectors, and access controls, how to prevent unintended exposure before it happens, and how to build systems where users always know what the AI can see and what it can't. He'll also cover the broader design principles, boundaries, visibility, and user control, that separate AI products people rely on from ones they quietly stop using. You'll leave with a practical framework for building AI that earns trust, not just attention.
Professional CV - two Masters and three Doctorates + work experience!
For anyone looking for a clean, simple, thorough CV template! Includes my background of multiple undergraduate degrees, two Master's degrees, and three Doctorate degrees, along with research bibliography and work experience. Translatable for those entering MBA, Masters, PhD, medical school, dental school, physician's assistant and more.
Part 1: Understand Your Goals and Tell Your Story
Are you tired of applying to 100 jobs and not hearing back? Maybe you’re nervous about reaching out to other people and talking about yourself. Perhaps you’ve heard about networking from a lot of people, but you’re skeptical about the way it can actually work for you. This workshop series is for you! As a career coach, I have distilled the targeted networking approach of finding jobs into a five-step process, each of which I will guide you through. Every three weeks, we will address another piece of the puzzle through an interactive workshop. In Part 1, we will: - Reflect and think really hard about what you want to do at this point in your career. Not what you think you can get, not what you'd be willing to settle for. We’re going to talk about what you actually really want out of your next job, what's important to you, and your WHY. - Learn to tell your story in an elevator pitch and rehearse this so that you are comfortable sharing your own story with people in as little as one minute. - Start revising your job search materials (resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profile) to reflect this story. Part 2: Identify Your Target Organizations (May 29) Part 3: Build Your Network to Learn (June 19) Part 4: Maintain Your Network (July 10) Part 5: Use Your Network to Apply (July 31) By the end of the process, you will be fully prepared to use the targeted networking approach to find a job, and more importantly, you will be closer to a chosen job and career that helps you live a purposeful, fulfilling life. Each workshop will include exercises that we will work through together, and I will answer questions. While you can attend any workshop as a one-off, it can be very powerful to attend the entire five-workshop sequence. If you want more personalized support as you go through the job search process, sign up for 1-on-1 coaching sessions with me! This workshop is appropriate for: - Students and early-career professionals who are not sure how to get started with the internship or full-time job search - Mid-career professionals who are looking to pivot into another industry or find a job after a career gap - Anyone who wants to become more adept at networking and use it strategically
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.
Positioning for PE and the Buy Side in EMEA
Breaking into private equity and buy-side roles across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa requires a clear understanding of regional recruiting dynamics, fund structures, and candidate expectations. In this session, you’ll learn how EMEA recruiting timelines differ from the US, what firms prioritize in backgrounds and deal experience, and how to position yourself effectively whether you’re coming from banking, consulting, or another pathway. You’ll leave with a practical strategy for networking, technical preparation, and crafting a narrative that resonates with buy-side firms across the region.
Inside MBB: Interview Processes and Day-to-Day Work
Curious what it actually takes to land an offer at McKinsey, Bain, or BCG, and what life looks like once you’re inside? In this session, we’ll break down the full MBB interview process, from resume screens to final rounds, and demystify what firms are truly evaluating at each stage. We’ll also dive into the day-to-day realities of consulting work, including project structure, client interaction, travel, and career progression. You’ll leave with a clearer picture of both how to break in and what to expect once you do.
Venture Capital 101: Players, Funds, and the Deal Process
Venture capital can feel opaque without a clear map of how firms operate and how deals actually get done. This session breaks down the VC ecosystem, who the key players are, how funds are structured, and what the end-to-end deal process looks like, from sourcing and diligence to investment decisions and portfolio support. You’ll leave with a practical understanding of how venture capital works and how to navigate conversations, recruiting, or founder interactions with greater confidence.
Build Your GRE Game Plan: Timing, Pacing, and Recovery
This session will help you build a smart, personalized GRE strategy that maximizes your score without burning out. We’ll cover how to pace your prep, structure your study timeline, manage test-day timing, and recover effectively from practice tests or setbacks. You’ll leave with a clear game plan for studying efficiently and performing your best on exam day.
What VCs Want: Thesis, Diligence, and Deal Flow Explained
Understanding how venture capitalists evaluate startups is essential for anyone looking to break into VC or strengthen their investing skill set. In this workshop, Kenny J.—an operator and investor with experience at Google Ventures, CapitalG, Honeywell M&A, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs—will break down how VCs develop investment theses, source and evaluate deals, and run diligence with rigor. Drawing on his background evaluating 25+ early-stage opportunities, supporting $400M in transactions, and helping an autonomous trucking startup raise capital and build financial discipline, Kenny will offer a structured, no-nonsense look at the frameworks, modeling expectations, and sourcing strategies that matter most in venture.
