Wharton@Work May 2009

Focus on: Resilience

Resilience enables successful executives and organizations to respond to change, bounce back from adversity, and direct (and redirect) energies productively. In this issue, we offer advice and programs that can help you develop the resilience needed to recover quickly from setbacks and prepare for the opportunities ahead.


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"The little pig with the portfolio of straw and the little pig with the portfolio of sticks were swallowed up, but the little pig with the portfolio of bricks withstood the dip in the market."

© The New Yorker Collection 1997 Ed Frascino from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved.

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"The Wharton High-Potential Leaders program has a superb blend of world-class faculty, an integrated curriculum, and a strongly interactive and diverse group of classmates from high-performing global companies. The material challenged our traditional views and learning, and stretched us immensely to expand our understanding on what leadership needs to be in the 21st century."
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