Leland+ Content Library
Kellogg Personal Statement Example – Inclusion, Courage, and Financial Equity
A values-driven essay reflecting on the applicant’s journey from financial insecurity to advocacy, detailing her commitment to DEI, mentorship, and inclusive hiring—even when it meant challenging the status quo.
Wharton Deferred MBA Resume – Tech, Product, and Social Impact
A high-achieving undergraduate resume featuring tech internships at Microsoft and Bloomberg, leadership in computing societies, and award-winning projects tackling food insecurity and civic engagement.
Successful Bain Applicant Resume – Policy, Data, and Social Enterprise
A pre-MBA resume highlighting academic excellence, nonprofit leadership, policy research, and teaching experience—showcasing the analytical and mission-driven profile that led to a Bain offer.
Tuck MBA Essays – FinTech, Representation, and Investing in Others
A compelling essay set sharing goals to lead inclusive FinTech, reflections on cultural identity and financial literacy advocacy, and a standout example of mentoring a peer through a high-stakes career pivot.
Kellogg Values Essay Example - Discovering Values and Purposeful Work
Explore this essay answering: "Values are what guide you in your life and work. What values are important to you and how have they influenced you?" See how this applicant's journey discovering their personal values shaped their goals.
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.
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My 5 Top Tips for the ACT and SAT
Small changes in test strategy can lead to major score improvements on the ACT and SAT. This session is for students who want practical, high-impact ways to improve their performance and approach the exams more confidently. You’ll learn five proven tips for managing time, avoiding common mistakes, and maximizing points across sections without wasting effort on ineffective study habits.
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
