Nano Tool: We Are All Leaders Now: Seizing the Leadership Moment

This Nano Tool was previously published in the May 2020 Wharton@Work Newsletter We Are All Leaders Now: Seizing the Leadership Moment Contributed by 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 NanoRead More

Leading in Hard Times: Lessons from Shackleton

“For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” – Antarctic explorer, Sir Raymond Priestly In 1914, Europe began WWI and set about devouring a generationRead More

Nano Tool: Grow Faster, Part 2: Pull Four Levers to Drive your Innovation Narrative

Grow Faster, Part 2: Pull Four Levers to Drive your Innovation Narrative Contributed by George Day, Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School; Gregory Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management, Senior Fellow at the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute ofRead More

Nano Tool: Grow Faster, Part 1: Embrace the Right Innovation Narrative

Grow Faster, Part 1: Embrace the Right Innovation Narrative Contributed by George Day, Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School; Gregory Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management, Senior Fellow at the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, TheRead More

Nano Tool: Three Neuroscience Tips to Accelerate Top-Line Sales Growth

Three Neuroscience Tips to Accelerate Top-Line Sales Growth Contributed by Michael Platt, Director, the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative; James S. Riepe University Professor, Marketing Department, the Wharton School; Professor of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania, and Leslie Zane, FounderRead More

NanoTool: Grow Faster, Part 1: Embrace the Right Innovation Narrative

Grow Faster, Part 1: Embrace the Right Innovation Narrative Contributed by George Day, Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School; Gregory Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management, Senior Fellow, the Center for Leadership and Change Management, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, the Wharton SchoolRead More

Women@Work: Strategies for Overcoming an Unequal Playing Field

This article first appeared in the December 2018 issue of Wharton@Work. For its recently released Women in the Workplace report, McKinsey surveyed 279 companies and more than 64,000 employees about the state of women in corporate America. The fifth annual study revealed that any progress in closing the gender gap “isn’t justRead More

Nano Tool: Confidence When you Need it Most

Contributor: G. Richard Shell, Thomas Gerrity Professor, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Management; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; author of Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15Read More

Nano Tool: Reduce Risk and Increase Profits with Adaptive Experimentation

Contributor: Yoram (Jerry) Wind, PhD, The Lauder Professor Emeritus of Marketing; Academic Director, The Wharton Fellows Program; Director, SEI Center for Advanced Studies in 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 thanRead More

Nano Tool: Increase your Relationship IQ with Neuroscience

Contributor: Michael Platt, PhD, Director, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative; James S. Riepe University Professor of Marketing, Neuroscience, and Psychology, 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 toRead More