September - October 2014 Archives | Center for Leadership and Change Management

Introducing Dean Garrett

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Originally posted in the Wharton Magazine The Wharton School welcomed its 13th dean to the helm on July 1, 2014. Geoffrey Garrett, most recently dean of the Business School at the University of New South Wales, Australia, is a political economist by training and a well-respected analyst and commentator on…Read More

Nano Tool: Confidence When you Need it Most

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 the engagement and productivity of the people you lead. Contributor: G. Richard Shell, Thomas Gerrity Professor, Professor…Read More

Nano Tool: Five Steps for Managing Culture Change

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

The Importance of Mindful Leadership

by Dr. Chris Maxwell Jeff Klein, Executive Director of the Wharton Leadership Program, advises each entering class of MBAs to seek out and learn from stretch experiences on their path to developing as leaders. Out of the thousands of fleeting experiences one has every day, he says, some are truly…Read More