Focus on: Career Milestones

Take Your Career to the Next Level

Every career has its milestones, and each new challenge requires fresh knowledge and insights. In this issue of Wharton@Work: E-Buzz, we look at the stories of how executives met these career milestones and their advice to others about building a successful career. At each of these stages, managers were asked to step up to new leadership challenges — building on their past but moving in new directions. And each of these executives turned to Wharton for programs that were specifically designed to meet them at this point in their careers. What can you learn from their experiences? How are you preparing to meet the milestones of your own career?

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Advanced Management Program
Rising in Retail

In 2003, Launa Inman was leading the apparel division at Target in Australia. But as she prepared for a more senior position with retailing giant Coles Myer, she stepped back for 5 weeks to build her knowledge and networks at Wharton's Advanced Management Program. Inman reveals how the program accelerated her career and gives advice to those who aspire to senior leadership positions. More

Executive Development Program
Understanding the Chemistry of Leadership

A PhD in biochemistry did not prepare Laurence Reid for the challenges of leading a pharmaceuticals startup. He turned to Wharton's Executive Development Program to take the next step in his career. More

Essentials of Management
Opening the Door to a New Career

With a chemical engineering degree, a Black Belt in Six Sigma, and a strong track record in manufacturing, Wesley Co needed to gain broader perspectives to make the move to general management. More

In the Classroom
Seeing Marketing Through the Eyes of the CFO

Nissan Vice President Mark McNabb and Wharton Professor David Reibstein examine the importance of marketing measures and insights from Wharton programs that address marketing metrics for CFOs and other executives. More

Education à la Carte
Meet Your Own Milestones

Are you ready the take the next step in your career? What knowledge will you need to meet the challenges of your own career milestones? Whether it is knowledge of a specific topic or broader perspectives needed for general management, Wharton executive programs can help you gain the knowledge and insights to move your career to the next level. Among our upcoming programs are:

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Many great strategies fail in execution. In this insightful new book, Wharton Associate Professor Lawrence Hrebiniak, academic director of Wharton's Implementing Strategy program, offers a comprehensive, disciplined model for making strategy work in the real world. Hrebiniak shows why execution is even more important than many senior executives realize and sheds powerful new light on why businesses fail to deliver on even their most promising strategies.

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