Contributor: Peter Cappelli, PhD; George W. Taylor Professor of Management, Professor of Management; Director, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School. Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with the potential to significantly impact your…Read More
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Nano Tool: Become a More Strategic Leader
Contributor: Michael Useem, William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management and Director of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Harbir Singh, The Mack Professor, Professor of Management; Vice Dean for Global Initiatives; Co-Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation, The Wharton School, University…Read More
What will Trump’s Cabinet Picks Mean for the Environment?
Eric Orts, Wharton Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics & Management, and the Director of the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership Eric Orts and Jody Freeman discuss Trump’s cabinet appointments and the future of environmental protections and research. Note: This interview was previously published as a Knowledge@Wharton article on…Read More
Unleashing A Solution: 7 Lessons on How to be a Positive Disruptor
Maria Eitel, Chairman of Girl Effect, discusses how Girl Effect was founded on her passion for creating a better world by putting girls on the global agenda, encouraging Wharton Leadership students to use their talents, discernment and hard work to be a positive and effective force for change. After seven…Read More
Nano Tool: The Annual Performance Review: Should You Eliminate It?
Contributor: Peter Cappelli, PhD, George W. Taylor Professor of Management, Professor of Management; Director, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with the potential to significantly impact your…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
Nano Tools: App Now Available and January Nano Tool
Wharton Nano Tool App Now Available Wharton Executive Education is pleased to now offer all Nano Tools in an app format on the Apple App Store. The Android version is coming soon. The app will allow you to filter according to date, topic, author, and keyword. It will also allow…Read More
How to Improve the Accuracy of Forecasts
*This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on December 4, 2015. SIX YEARS AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, the probability of a third seemed high and rising. The Soviets had the bomb; Europe was riddled with tripwires. Yugoslavia was a major concern. Its Communist government had broken with…Read More
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Nano Tool: Building Trust: The STAR Model, Close the Saying-Doing Gap to Build a High-Performing Team. Contributor: Mario Moussa PhD, Senior Fellow, Wharton Executive Education, The Wharton School; President, Moussa Consulting, and author of The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas (co-authored with G. Richard Shell) and the forthcoming Committed…Read More
Nano Tool: The Benefits of Meditation: Better Choices, Better Outcomes
Contributor: Sigal Barsade, PhD., Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and…Read More