Please describe a tangible example that illuminates your experience promoting an inclusive environment and what you would bring to creating a welcoming, global community at Darden. (300 words)

In this example, the applicant, responsible for building a team for the developmental project in <Z>, is faced with a unique problem. The success of the project depends on an equal priority approach to fieldwork and fund-raising. Watching the team’s productivity drop after the initial high, the applicant makes a conscious decision to change the culture of the organization by re-visiting the recruitment policy.

Sample Darden MBA Essay – Inclusive IMPACT (Women in Team)(297 Words)

Working as an interface between corporates and non-profits was a bitter-sweet experience. We boldly improved fund allocation efficiency through the aid of technology, but the lives of beneficiaries on the ground remained marginal. Never suspecting our recruitment policy, I evaluated the on-the-ground interactions and quickly learned that after the initial discussions with the beneficiaries, follow-up communications were non-existent. Fund-raising was a more interesting problem as the reward was immediate, whereas developmental work on the ground that requires time and where the real impact lies, began to be ignored. ..

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