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2019: The Year in Review

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Nano Tool: See it My Way: Top Tips for Persuading Others

See it My Way: Top Tips for Persuading Others Contributed by G. Richard Shell, Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics; Professor of Management; Chairperson: Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department, the Wharton School Nano Tools for Leaders are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn…Read More

Fresh Starts, Guilty Pleasures and Other Pro Tips for Sticking to Good Habits

This article was previously published on NPR on August 16, 2019 Katy Milkman played tennis at Princeton, and when she finished college, she went to the gym every day. But when she started grad school, her fitness routine went south. “At the end of a long day of classes, I…Read More

World Bicycle Relief wins the 2019 Lipman Family Prize

World Bicycle Relief Wins $250,000 Lipman Family Prize AÇEV and The Global FoodBanking Network Win $50,000 Each Philadelphia, PA – World Bicycle Relief has been named as the winner of the 2019 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from more than 100 applicants around the globe, Chicago-based World Bicycle…Read More

2018: The Year in Review

Note: This article first appeared on the Wharton School HomePage Cheers to Wharton’s Class of 2018 2018 was a stellar graduation season, with keynotes from powerhouse alumni such as Safra Catz (W’83, L’86), CEO of Oracle, Jeff Weiner (W’92), CEO of LinkedIn, and Bill McNabb (WG’83), Chairman of Vanguard, and a moving speech from Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya that…Read More

Nano Tool: Mastering Organizational Power and Politics

Mastering Organizational Power and Politics: The Four Strategies Every Leader Needs Contributed by John Eldred, affiliated faculty, University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies; instructor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Organizational Dynamics program; co-founder of the Wharton School Family Business Program; co-president, Transition One Associates. Nano…Read 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 just…Read More

Dean Garrett’s LinkedIn post: Why we Need a Win Win View of Difference to Tackle Populism

  This article first appeared on LinkedIn on October 2, 2018 The current wave of populism in the Western world is driving America and Europe in directions that are not only anti-establishment and anti-elite, not only anti-trade, anti-immigrant, and anti-global, but also anti-difference — in all its forms. Since at…Read More

Nano Tool: Work Less, Accomplish More

Contributor: Margaret H. Greenberg and Senia Maymin, PhD, executive coaches and authors of Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform your Business. Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with…Read More