• February 2, 2005 — San Francisco (register online before Dec. 17 for early bird fee!)
  
  
• June 9, 2005 — Philadelphia (save the date)

In an ever-changing business environment, the successful leader turns uncertainty into inspiration and obstacles into opportunities. That requires creativity and conviction. During the 1-day Wharton Leadership Conference in San Francisco in February (and an East Coast conference in Philadelphia in June), senior executives will exchange ideas for engaging in creative leadership for innovation and sustainable growth — whether in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors.

Among the corporate executive speakers at the San Francisco conference will be Michael Crooke, President & CEO of Patagonia, Inc.; Nancy M. Higgins, Executive Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct at MCI; Jacqueline P. Kane, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at The Clorox Company; Ann Livermore, Executive Vice President of the Technology Solutions Group at Hewlett-Packard Company; and Vivek Paul, Vice Chair and President of Wipro Technologies.

Other creative leaders who will speak at the conference include Susan Lucia Annunzio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Hudson Highland Center for High Performance; Brent Assink, Executive Director of The San Francisco Symphony; John Barr, President of The Poetry Foundation; Mark Bernstein, President and Center Director of the Palo Alto Research Center; and Belle Linda Halpern, co-founder of The Ariel Group and co-author of Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate, and Inspire (Penguin Putnam).

During the conference participants will:

• Learn how preeminent leaders have successfully engaged their followers' passion and conviction
  
  
• Discover how leaders create, shape, and guide creativity within their organizations
  
  
• Develop leadership insights to impact creative problem solving and solution design in your workplace
  
  
• Understand how others have created cultures of collaboration, innovation, vision, and success to increase organizational effectiveness
  
  
• Join in thoughtful dialogue with peers and colleagues during a dedicated networking reception immediately following each conference

Sponsored by the Wharton Center for Human Resources, Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management, and Wharton Executive Education, the 2005 Wharton Leadership Conferences are devoted to exchanging ideas on how great leadership can best be developed and applied — whether in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors.

Who Attends

The San Francisco and Philadelphia conferences have attracted established and emerging leaders in a variety of disciplines and industries, from private, public, and not-for-profit organizations. Titles of past conference participants have included: chairman, CEO, CFO, CIO, presidents, executive and senior vice presidents, managing directors, and aspiring mid-level executives. Professionals working in executive and senior leadership development have found this program beneficial.
Register now. Visit the Wharton Leadership Conferences site for more information, for reports on past conferences, or to register.

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