March - April 2014

Wharton Annual Leadership Conference

Preparing for a Complex and Uncertain World Wharton Annual Leadership Conference on June 18, 2014 How should individuals and organizations best prepare for the complex and uncertain world now confronting them, both in the U.S. and abroad? Those with responsibility for the future—whether in the private sector, in public service,…Read More

Executive Education Course

New! Boards that Lead: Corporate Governance that Builds Value June 16, 2014 - June 17, 2014 A corporate board of directors can create tremendous value for a publicly-traded company. However, an absence of leadership can destroy it. Increased regulation, shareholder pressures, and corporate governance reforms over the past decade were…Read More

Nano Tool: Managing Risk

Nano Globe Managing Risk: A Checklist for Leaders 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; independent consultant Ram Charan; and Korn/Ferry International Vice Chairman Dennis Carey, co-authors of Boards That Lead (2014).…Read More

New Executive Education Course

New! Boards that Lead: Corporate Governance that Builds Value June 16, 2014 - June 17, 2014 A corporate board of directors can create tremendous value for a publicly-traded company. However, an absence of leadership can destroy it. Increased regulation, shareholder pressures, and corporate governance reforms over the past decade were…Read More

Nano Tool: The Innovation Matrix

Nano Globe The Innovation Matrix Contributor:  David Robertson, Practice Professor, Operations and Information Management Department, The Wharton School; author of Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry (Crown Business, 2013). Nano Tools for Leaders are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and…Read More

The Wharton School Appoints New Dean

A person in a black suit and white shirt sitting on a chair, smiling, with hands clasped together, against a dark background. Geoffrey Garrett Named Dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania Geoffrey Garrett has been named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price. “Geoff Garrett has a proven…Read More

The Power of Impact Investing

Impact Investing The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good by Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg Philanthropy is a transformative force for good. But global philanthropic funds, even when combined with the development or aid budgets of many national governments, add up to mere billions of…Read More