| Dates | Location | Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2009 - Oct 16, 2009 | Philadelphia | $7,850 |
| Jun 20, 2010 - Jun 25, 2010 | Philadelphia | $7,850 |
The dynamics of teamwork are too complex to be understood in the classroom alone. This program provides a distinctive combination of classroom and case work along with daily experiential exercises. It builds upon years of programs by Professor Mike Useem and Wharton Leadership Ventures, which have immersed MBA students and executives in rigorous outdoor challenges around the globe. Senior guest speakers also will offer their experiences from business, the military, and other areas.
Creating and Leading High-Performing Teams Session Topics
- Forming and Sustaining Successful Teams
- Aligning Individuals Around Group Goals
- Team Dynamics
- Leading from the Front, Middle, and Behind
- Experiential Learning
Related Team-building Articles
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- Earning the Right to Lead (June 2009)
- Teaming at the Summit: World-Class Climber Chris Warner Uses Personal Stories to Create High-Performing Teams (July 2008)
- Epiphany on the Ice: Critical Lessons in Creating and Leading Teams(January 2008)
- "Rowing as One: Crewing Offers Executives Lessons in Leadership and Teamwork" (December 2007)
Related Books
In his book The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All, Michael Useem presents a series of poignant real-life examples of people facing their "moments of truth" — making the tough leadership decisions that change destinies — to show readers how best to perform under the pressures they face in the business world.
Upward Bound: Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits brings together a remarkable team of nine writers equally at home among the high peaks and in the corridors of corporate power. Whether it's up the career ladder or toward a creative peak, Upward Bound addresses the fundamental question of why we climb, while capturing the power of mountains to instruct as well as inspire.
Through vivid, compelling stories, Michael Useem reveals how upward leadership can transform incipient disaster into hard-won triumph. Leading Up: How To Lead Your Boss So You Both Win is a call to action. It asks us to get results by helping our superiors lead and by building on the best in everybody's nature, and it offers a pragmatic blueprint for doing so.
The program is designed primarily for managers of small to mid-sized teams, specifically middle and senior managers from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
We encourage companies to send cross-functional teams of executives to leverage the application and value of the program. Additional group benefits are available when four or more participants attend a program.
Gain a direct understanding of what makes teams successful. Among the takeaways:
- Understand the stages of team formation.
- Gain hands-on experience in building, participating on, and leading teams in diverse contexts.
- Understand how team leadership resides in action rather than position.
- Learn to manage strong individual players within a team and draw out the best from everyone — so the team is more than a sum of its parts.
- Learn about your own leadership style and its impact on team performance.
- Build a network of fellow leaders for sharing challenges, insights, and perspectives.