New Partnership: Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy

Note: The following article was originally published in NCAA Magazine on October 23, 2017. This partnership is possible due to a $1 million commitment from alumnus David S. Pottruck to establish the Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy. For the original press release, please go here.   College sports and leadership skills have longRead More

Nano Tool: Innovative Thinking: Using Neuroscience to get Out-of-the-Box Ideas

Contributor:  Michael Platt, PhD, Director, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative; James S. Riepe University Professor of Marketing (Wharton School), Neuroscience (Perelman School of Medicine), and Psychology (School of Arts & Sciences), University of Pennsylvania Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in lessRead More

Nano Tool: Motivation 101: Encourage your Team with Social Comparisons

Contributor:  Jonah Berger, PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing, 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 success as a leader and the engagement and productivity ofRead 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. ShropshireRead More