Focus
on: Leadership and Teamwork
Leadership drives organizational progress, but the best leaders work through teams. This insight led to the creation of a new Wharton program led by Professor Mike Useem, which will be launched in June.
It will use experiential learning to provide lessons in teamwork, as
discussed in our first story. Next we look at a corporate governance
program that Wharton created with Spencer Stuart, which helps new board
members hit the ground running. Also in this issue, a senior executive
from Abercrombie & Fitch discusses the power of strategic insights
he's gained in four Wharton programs, including Wharton's Executive
Development Program. We also spotlight an AXA financial advisor
who earned Wharton's Certificate of Professional Development. He discusses
how his insights on negotiations and retirement planning have helped
him to grow his business. We offer a free chapter from a Wharton School
Publishing book on the power of dedicated employees. And we highlight
upcoming programs that can build your own capacity for leadership and
teamwork.
Articles
In
the Classroom
Epiphany on the Ice: Critical Lessons in
Creating and Leading Teams
Wharton Professor Mike Useem draws upon his team experiences
trekking across glaciers in Antarctica and working with smoke jumpers
in California to design a new experientially-based executive education
program on Creating and Leading High-Performing Teams. More
Corporate Governance
Hit the Ground Running: Critical Skills
for New Board Members
A new executive education program developed by Wharton and
Spencer Stuart gives new board members the essential tools and perspectives
to succeed in today's demanding boardroom environment. More
Senior
Management Programs
Doing It Your Way: Creating a Personalized
Strategy and Leadership Program
From negotiating leases on the Ginza for Abercrombie & Fitch
to planning for global expansion at Walt Disney, Dan Petronella has drawn
upon insights from a personalized program in strategy and leadership that
he designed at Wharton. More
Certificate of Professional Development
Negotiating a Bigger Pie:
Wharton Recipe for Growing Your Business
While earning his Certificate of Professional Development
from Wharton, financial advisor Craig Silverman gained a "truckload" of
powerful new tools that helped him not only keep the clients he thought
he might lose, but also grow his business. More
Wharton
School Publishing
The Power of Dedicated Employees
In Do The Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal
Customers and Large Profits, James F. Parker shows how taking care
of employees is the number one rule of business success. More
December's Poll Results
View Wharton@Work readers' response to the question "What
are the most important qualities you look for in team members?" More
Featured Program:
Creating
and Leading High-Performing Teams
Teams drive organizational progress. Yet forming and sustaining high-performance
teams is one of the most complex challenges facing any leader — too
complex to be understood in the classroom alone. Providing a distinctive
combination of classroom and case work along with daily experiential exercises,
this new offering builds upon years of programs led by Professor Mike Useem
and Wharton Leadership Ventures that have immersed MBA students and executives
in rigorous outdoor challenges around the globe. More
