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Wharton Leadership Conference Focuses on Developing Talent

On June 7, the 11th Annual Wharton Leadership Conference will explore the theme of Developing Leadership Talent: How Organizations Prepare Their Present and Future Leadership.  This 1-day intensive conference is devoted to exchanging ideas about how managers and organizations can best build their present and future leadership.  Presenters draw upon their own organizations' experiences to find, identify, recruit, prepare, and train their talent for positions of responsibility.  Where are the best sources of talent?  What are the best development experiences for building leadership capacities?  When is the time to invest in leadership development?  Who has the best programs for fostering leadership — and what are the secrets of their success?  The presenters bring not only the developmental methods of their enterprises but also their own personal developmental experiences into active dialogue with conference participants. 

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, Senior Pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas, author of The Gospel of Good Success (1999), and co-author of Entrepreneurial Faith (2004); under his leadership, Windsor Village membership has risen from 12 to more than 14,000, and it now includes more than 120 ministries.

  • Jennifer J. Deal, research scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership, manager of its World Leadership Survey and the Emerging Leaders research project, and coauthor of Success for the New Global Manager (2002).
     
  • Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, author of Can Poetry Matter? (1991), author of poetry collections including Interrogations at Noon (2001, winner of the American Book Award), and co-author of Literature (2004, 10th edition, the best-selling college literary textbook in America).

  • Richard Greene, consultant, author of Words that Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events (2002), and judge for The Learning Channel's series on "The Messengers," intended to identify the nation's greatest upcoming speakers.  

  • Stephen G. Harrison, chairman of Lee Hecht Harrison, a worldwide career management services and leadership development company, and author of The Manager's Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies (forthcoming). 

  • David Nadler, vice chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies, a global professional services firm with annual revenues of approximately $12 billion, chairman of Mercer Delta Consulting, and author or editor of 16 books including Executive Teams, Champions of Change, and most recently, Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance (2005). 

  • Thomas A. Stewart, editor and managing director of the Harvard Business Review and author of Intellectual Capital — The New Wealth of Organizations and The Wealth of Knowledge (2003).

  • Tim O'Toole, is managing director and CEO of the London Underground Ltd., and former chief executive of America's Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).

For more information or to register, see the conference website.

    

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