When you work in Finance, Creative (YouTube) or Consulting, there is self-regulation and ethical behavior that is paramount for the health of the entire ecosystem.
Before you include any example on the sense of inclusion for the Tuck MBA Essay, think about one unusual example where your competitors reached out to you and your company, and you worked together to improve the process, regulatory mechanism, and transparency of the entire industry.
While creating a narrative on working on improving the entire ecosystem, use this outline:
1) The Protagonist is not You
For this essay, the protagonist is not you at least – not the first half. This concept is perhaps the toughest to grasp when clients write the draft version of the Tuck MBA essay and share it with me for editing. The first half is all about the person who you helped or the change you brought in an industry. For a PE candidate, leveraging her company’s influence in changing a regulation on the minimum fund in hand was crucial for dispersing funds to small and medium-sized businesses during the pandemic. There was no reason for the large fund house to take this initiative, but they did it anyways to save small businesses that was the lifeblood of the city.
2) You in the Middle
Your contribution should be captured in the middle. The assistance in turning around the person’s future or contributing towards improving the industry standards or changing regulation should be captured carefully. Often, the narrative that requires multiple edits are versions where the clients tend to simplify the problem into a before and after format. This is a logical quick fix to meet the 300-word limit of the essay but without capturing the complexity of the problem and the improvement your contribution made, such sweeping rescue narrative diminishes the believability of the Tuck MBA essay.
In the Sample Tuck MBA Essay about a YouTube Creator, I captured the predicament the high-quality content creator was facing with the change in algorithm that had limited the reach of the person’s videos.
3) And they Lived Happily Ever After
Another editing note I offer clients is how they conclude the Tuck Sense of inclusion Essay. Don’t leave with an ambiguous ending. Show the improvement with metrics and changes that clearly shows an improvement in culture.
An Investment Banker was initially ridiculed for suggesting limits on the flexible working hours that are part of the culture. An alternative solution where the client is given option to choose a time slot to select advisors, lasted for a few weeks. The endless waiting and working late at night when one are not at their best just needed a study to show the quality of the advice. Such studies didn’t change the opinions until AI began to take on the bulk of the top-level analysis. Clients received customized feedback based on the advisor’s perspective – all with the help of Generative AI. Such niche solutions are believable compared to changing cultures narratives. The sense of Inclusion was for bankers with family or female bankers who were also burdened with additional caregiving responsibilities.
