An insider’s guide to creating your own path to the corner office. How can I reach the C-suite? That is the most common question Cassandra Frangos hears from the executives she coaches. Many aspire to reach the C-suite, but the typical paths to the top are hard to find and…Read More
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Authors@Wharton presents Satya Nadella in a conversation with Adam Grant
Professor Adam Grant recently sat down the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella to discuss his new book, Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone. Nadella had a somewhat unlikely path to the top job at Microsoft. After 22 years at the company, when he…Read More
Nano Tool: Work Less, Accomplish More
Contributor: Margaret H. Greenberg and Senia Maymin, PhD, executive coaches and authors of Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform your Business. Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with…Read More
Wharton Digital Press: The Miseducation of the Student Athlete
The student-athlete’s life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second. As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire…Read More
Leaders@Wharton
Excerpted from Knowledge@Wharton: When Raj Gupta, former CEO of specialty chemicals firm Rohm and Haas, came to the U.S. from India as a young man, he had just eight dollars with him. Over the course of his career — he was with Rohm and Haas for more than 40 years…Read More
Nano Tool: The Good Apology
Contributor: Adam Galinsky, Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business and chair of the Management Division at the Columbia Business School; Maurice Schweitzer, Cecilia Yen Koo Professor at the Wharton School: authors of Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both. Nano Tools for…Read More
The Ostrich Paradox
We fail to evacuate when advised. We rebuild in flood zones. We don’t wear helmets. We fail to purchase insurance. We would rather avoid the risk of “crying wolf” than sound an alarm. “The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at…Read More
Authors@Wharton presents Abby Wambach in a conversation with Adam Grant
Professor Adam Grant recently sat down with two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Abby Wambach to discuss her new book, Forward: A Memoir. One of the world’s greatest players of all time, Abby Wambach is the #1 all-time leading scorer in international soccer history with 184 career goals. Long known as one of the…Read More
New Book Release: The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy
A new book has come out by longtime Wharton Management Professors Harbir Singh and Mike Useem. The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy draws from in-depth research, one-on-one interviews with CEOs, and their experience teaching today’s executives, Singh and Useem take readers into the offices —…Read More
New Book Release: Lead Like A Guide
A new book has come out by former Wharton Management 100 Professor Chris Maxwell. Lead Like A Guide: How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Us to Be Better Leaders is a labor of love almost 10 years in the making. Professor Maxwell, former director of the Wharton Undergraduate Leadership Ventures and current…Read More