Description

Embark on your MBA journey with confidence and clarity through the MBA Strategy Playbook, crafted from the Narrative Discovery Workbook. This personalized coaching plan is designed to help you navigate the complex MBA application process with a strategic edge, ensuring your unique story and strengths shine through. With two decades of experience as the Director at Stratus Admissions Counseling and a former admissions committee member at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, I've guided countless clients to successful admissions at top-tier programs like Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and more. My approach is rooted in understanding your aspirations and crafting a tailored strategy that aligns with your goals. Here's how we'll work together: 1. **Narrative Discovery**: We'll kick off with me providing direction for sharing life experiences that have informed your interests, passions and motivations. Next, you'll identify your 'North Star,' exploring dream roles without any restrictions. Then, we will discuss potential career paths that build on your experience to date and align with your values and the impact you want to make before identifying specific roles that you would target post-MBA. We'll discuss failures and constructive feedback. Finally, we'll uncover the WHY behind your aspirations. 2. **Application Strategy Development**: Based on what we discover, we'll craft a strategic playbook with your goals and areas for development, research into resources at one target program, and key themes that you will highlight across your application. This document will serve as the foundation for building your applications. 3. **School Selection**: Choosing the right MBA program is pivotal. We'll work together to identify schools that align with your career goals, values, and learning style. I'll provide insights into each program's culture, strengths, and opportunities, ensuring you apply to schools where you'll thrive. 4. **Recommender Selection**: Often the best information that admissions committees recieve is from someone who knows you well and is willing to sing your praises. Selecting recommenders who will be your advocates and can showcase your strengths through specific examples is essential to putting together the strongest possible applications. Throughout our interactive sessions and homework assignments, you'll receive ongoing guidance, feedback, and resources to refine your MBA application strategy. My goal is to empower you to present a compelling, authentic application that resonates with admissions committees and secures your place at your dream school. Let's transform your MBA aspirations into reality with a plan that's as unique as your journey. Once you complete your MBA Strategy Playbook, you might opt to work with me hourly for support on preparing your recommenders, revamping your resume, brainstorming, outlining and writing essays and prepping for interviews. Please note, this package does not include work on applications.