Focus on: Broadening the Dialogue on Leadership

The late great baseball player Satchel Paige once said, "Don’t look back — something might be gaining on you." We tend to look at our current challenges through the lens of our past experience. In a rapidly changing world, this can be dangerous. One of the best ways to break out of this trap is to get your passport and travel in new directions. This issue of Wharton@Work: E-Buzz offers a broader exploration along many dimensions — across geography (to Africa), across different industries, and into the "soul of leadership" (exploring meditation and emotional intelligence). We have perspectives on leadership from CEOs, technology pioneers, whistle blowers, and astronauts. We also have some new insights from the pension industry on what went wrong and successful investment strategies.

For fresh perspectives, we invite you to join us on this journey.

Best regards,
Barbara Gydé
Senior Director, Executive Programs
[barbaracg@wharton.upenn.edu]

PS: Let us know how we can broaden our dialogue with you. We always welcome your comments and suggestions.

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Advanced Management Program
Cross-Cultural, Cross-Industry Dialogues

Where do you find new opportunities for growth? We often define the world too narrowly. During the Wharton Advanced Management Program, participants are challenged to stretch their thinking about their own businesses through sessions that look across industries and geographies. In this report, we explore insights on Africa and strategies for "global gamesmanship." [More]

In the Classroom
The Perils of Pensions

Pension funds have become so seriously underfunded that they are affecting the financial performance and strategic decisions of many companies. How can company managers and individuals do a better job managing their pension investments? Two faculty members from Wharton's new Pension Strategy executive education program offer insights. [More]

Wharton West Leadership Conference
Leadership in an Uncertain Era

What does it take to lead in an era of threats of terrorism, global change, technological shifts, corporate scandals, and other uncertainties? Top corporate leaders of Boeing, Charles Schwab, MCI, Hyperion Solutions, and other firms considered this challenge during the Wharton West Leadership Conference last month in San Francisco. They were joined by leading thinkers on strategy, systems, and technology; Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins; Internet pioneer Vint Cerf; and even a former NASA astronaut. [More]

Thought Leaders
A Deeper View of Leadership

Effective leadership begins by looking within at the "soul of leadership." This was the message brought by medical pioneer Dr. Deepak Chopra to a program at Wharton on Leading From Within. Chopra was joined by a corporate raider who has regularly practiced yoga for more than a decade, a sports psychologist who teaches meditation to professional ballplayers, and an expert on emotional intelligence. [More]

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Make the Rules or Your Rivals Will
Wharton Professor Richard Shell, who leads Wharton's Executive Negotiation Workshop, has published a new book on the intersection between law and competitive strategy. [More]

Wharton Executive Calendar

  • Toward a New Europe
    Wharton Fellows
    Sep 12–15, 2004
    Prague

  • Leading in an Era of Uncertainty and Change
    June 2, 2004
    Philadelphia

  • China: Transformation From the Inside
    Wharton Fellows
    June 6–8, 2004
    Shanghai

  • Advanced Management Program
    June 6–July 9, 2004

  • Wharton Sponsors
    > The Forbes CEO European Forum
    June 17–18, 2004
    London
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