Contact a program consultantLeading in 2012
How can you take your organization and your career to new levels in 2012? Be open to new learning and new experiences, say Wharton faculty. Be willing to retire old practices that never really worked well and replace them with more effective alternatives.
Another option is to consider past mistakes and the lessons gleaned from them. In his book Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success at the Far Side of Failure, Paul Schoemaker explains how making some deliberate errors can lead to groundbreaking innovation and deep learning. Share your own "brilliant mistake" by entering Wharton Digital Press' Brilliant Mistakes contest (deadline February 1) to win round-trip airfare for two, an executive education program, and more.
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Business TrendsTop Business Trends of 2012: Wharton Experts Weigh InFrom diverting resources away from new media marketing to more effectively developing the next generation of leaders, Wharton faculty share their sometimes surprising business trends for the new year. More 
LeadershipLeading Through Resistance: Why You Need ConflictWharton adjunct management professor Gregory Shea says conflict can be a good thing. "When you're leading change, an absence of conflict either means you're not being taken seriously, or you aren't paying attention." Shea says to plan for and work through resistance. He reveals some of the approaches he recommends to executives in Leading Organizational Change for doing just that. More 
Senior ManagementForeign Markets: The Leadership ChallengeDoing business in foreign markets takes much more than relying on best practices from your home environment. In fact, says Wharton marketing professor John Zhang, those best practices, and the assumptions they engender, often have no role in the new market. Zhang describes the blend of broad-based leadership education and experience that should replace them. More 
Wharton Reading ListBrilliant MistakesFor organizations and leaders who want to compete on innovation or are planning major change initiatives, Schoemaker's new book, Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success at the Far Side of Failure, will change your view of mistakes and their value. More 
Nano Tools for Leaders®Strategy Accelerators: Practices that WorkNano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the engagement and productivity of the people you lead. More December Poll ResultsView Wharton@Work readers' response to the question,"What is your organization’s attitude on mistakes?" More |
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