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New Executive Education Class for Senior Leaders

Today’s senior leaders need to think more strategically, communicate more persuasively, and act more decisively — all while developing the leadership of those around them. Wharton’s Executive Education’s Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Pathways for Success draws on new research and insights to provide you with strategies to strengthen your…Read More

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 long…Read 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 less…Read 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 of…Read 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. Shropshire…Read More

New Book Release: The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy

A new book has come out by longtime Wharton Management Professors Harbir Singh and Mike Useem. The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy draws from in-depth research, one-on-one interviews with CEOs, and their experience teaching today’s executives, Singh and Useem take readers into the offices —…Read More