Date, Location, & FeesOctober 23 – 27, 2023Philadelphia, PA$12,000March 18 – 22, 2024Philadelphia, PA$12,000 Drag for more Program ExperienceWho Should AttendFacultyTestimonials Program ExperienceHighlights and Key Outcomes In Women’s Executive Leadership: Business Strategies for Success, you will: Reimagine and advance your leadership skills Enhance your professional influence Improve your business acumen by gaining a more sophisticated understanding of talent management Better understand nuances of negotiations and emotional intelligence Hone your critical-thinking and decision-making abilities Gaining New Confidence: Maureen Clancy says this program gave her the confidence to seek a promotion. Experience & Impact With a dual focus on clarity and confidence, Women’s Executive Leadership delivers sophisticated business and leadership concepts that have immediate and practical application for today’s women business leaders, allowing them to improve their leadership capabilities and advance their career. Participants will come away with a better understanding of how to apply contemporary business theories currently driving their organization and results, while creating a personal plan for their own professional advancement. Wharton faculty, led by Professor Nancy Rothbard, apply their field-based research and the latest strategic insights to help women leaders find clarity in their careers while mastering key business acumen skills for which Wharton is renowned: leadership, strategy, management, finance, innovation, and negotiation. What sets this program for women executives apart is its strong focus on leadership, combined with a practical approach to developing and honing these strategic skills. Session topics include: Corporate Governance Emotional Intelligence Leaning In: How Not to Fall Over Leadership and Teamwork Negotiations How Top Women Succeed Each afternoon, participants will break into small groups to review the day’s learnings and discuss how they can be put into practice. Wharton faculty and executive coaches oversee the sessions, provide real-time coaching and feedback for effective outcomes, and translate the practicum for participants to take back to the office. Within this collegial forum, participants will establish the beginnings of a lifelong network of women executives — who often face similar decision points and possibilities along their career paths — which can become a rich resource of influential peers. Wharton LIVE Online Programming Real-time peer learning with deep faculty engagement and global networking The live online version of Women’s Executive Leadership will be delivered online daily for five consecutive days. It will be taught by the same Wharton faculty who teach in the on-campus program and it requires a high level of participant engagement. You will have direct access to Wharton faculty and executive coaches throughout the program and will engage in dynamic group work that helps reinforce the learning and enable networking within the peer community. The live online program will focus on leadership communication, emotional intelligence, developing influence without authority, and dealing with the issues of working from home. You are encouraged to bring a business or professional challenge you are currently facing so that you can workshop a solution through structured peer-to-peer dialogue and learning led by an executive coach. In addition to working with an executive coach in small groups, other highlights of the live online program include: Remote Work: Challenges and Strategies for Success When it comes to work, you are either a “segmentor” or an “integrator.” Segmentors are people who like to keep their professional and family lives separate, whereas integrators blur the line. But, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of work-from-home orders in companies across the globe, we no longer have a choice in how we integrate work into our personal lives. This can take a toll on us psychologically. Prof. Nancy Rothbard, chair of the Wharton School’s Management Department, has done extensive research in organizational behavior examining how employees achieve a work-life balance. In this session Prof. Rothbard will talk about how to actively manage the work-home boundary and she’ll share techniques that have proven to be effective, regardless of your work style. Building Your Network Now more than ever, your network matters. This program will explore how managers can build, enhance, and capitalize on networks for the benefit of both their organizations and their careers. Strategies will be discussed on how to improve networks. The live online version of this program also includes structured opportunities for you to get to know the other program participants and build your own professional network. Convince Your Supervisor Here’s a justification letter you can edit and send to your supervisor to help you make the case for attending this Wharton program. Due to our application review period, applications submitted after 12:00 p.m. ET on Friday for programs beginning the following Monday may not be processed in time to grant admission. Applicants will be contacted by a member of our Client Relations Team to discuss options for future programs and dates. Who Should AttendWomen’s Executive Leadership: Business Strategies for Success is best suited for executives and high-potential women who are transitioning into senior management roles within a large corporation or women entrepreneurs who are taking on a broader leadership role as their company grows. The program is designed for women executives who: Have 10 or more years of experience Have titles ranging from manager or director to vice president, as well as consultants and business owners. Work in a wide range of industries Aspire to more senior levels of management Seek to enhance their professional influence Participants leave the program with an expanded peer network, plus specific tools and frameworks they can use to enhance their leadership impact within their organization. While the program is designed for women executives (and will be most beneficial to those who identify as such), the program is open to all executives who otherwise fulfill the admissions criteria. Please find the University of Pennsylvania’s Nondiscrimination Statement here. Fluency in English, written and spoken, is required for participation in Wharton Executive Education programs unless otherwise indicated. Participant Profile Participants by Industry Participants by Job Function Participants by Region Plan Your StayThis program is held at the Steinberg Conference Center located on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Meals and accommodations are included in the program fees. Learn more about planning your stay at Wharton’s Philadelphia campus. Group EnrollmentTo further leverage the value and impact of this program, we encourage companies to send cross-functional teams of executives to Wharton. We offer group enrollment benefits to companies sending four or more participants. FacultyNancy Rothbard, PhDSee Faculty BioAcademic DirectorDeputy Dean; David Pottruck Professor; Professor of Management, The Wharton SchoolResearch Interests: Emotion and identity, work motivation and engagement, work-life and career developmentBrian Bushee, PhDSee Faculty BioGeoffrey T. Boisi Professor of Accounting, Senior Vice Dean of Teaching and Learning, The Wharton SchoolResearch Interests: Corporate disclosure, institutional investors, stock market anomaliesKaren DiNunzio, PhDSee Faculty BioPrincipal, Karen DiNunzio PhD LLCMary-Hunter McDonnell, JD, PhDSee Faculty BioAssociate Professor of Management; Faculty Co-Director, Zicklin Center for Governance and Business EthicsResearch Interests: Organizational theory (political sociology, institutional theory); nonmarket strategy; corporate governance; corporate misconduct and punishmentTestimonialsMaureen Clancy Senior Director, Endo PharmaceuticalsNicole D’Souza Director of Corporate Development, OBGThe way the program was structured really kept your attention. The flow of the content was really good; the speakers were for the most part amazing. You barely wanted to take a bathroom break for fear of missing something good! I was particularly impressed with Professor Sigal Barsade’s emotional intelligence sessions. I learned a lot about myself and the people I interact with. I have definitely applied that — probably every single day since I’ve been back from the program — in dealing with my co-workers, superiors, and board members. I also really liked the financial session. I’ve worked with CPAs for a long time but my background is not financial, so it was a good way of seeing what my members do every day. Plus, my company recently went through financial reporting for year-end, and I felt like I was more prepared to understand the details. The participants were such a great group of women. Although our industries and experience levels were all different, we faced similar challenges at work such as personality issues and silo problems. You felt like everybody was there to learn and listen and was committed to being there. An added bonus is that Wharton has such an amazing reputation, and people are familiar with the program, so it’s going to be good to have it on my résumé.” Show More Less Megan Killian Vice President of Member Relations, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public AccountantsWharton’s Women’s Executive Leadership program was a gift to myself; a life-changing experience and totally worth it. The experience is still very near and dear to me. The program was very structured and managed well. A big takeaway for me was the emotional intelligence session, which was beautifully crafted and we role-played to understand others’ emotions. I also liked the session on financial acumen. I’m a math person, so I’m technically savvy, but the instructor really made finance look simple to everyone. Also, the negotiation tools I learned are something I use daily at work still today! I met so many great people in the program, from South Africa and Saudi Arabia and from all around the world, working in different areas such as teaching, banking, and startups. They are building communities of women leaders within their organizations, which is so powerful when you think about it. The program is already helping me in my career, not just that I have Wharton on my LinkedIn profile, but with my career goals. I’m currently director of engineering within Comcast, aspiring to become a senior leader in this space. How do I get there? I learned about being an adaptive leader and am slowly but surely crafting my role into what I want it to be eventually as I turn into a lifelong student! I would definitely recommend the Women’s Executive Leadership program and have already recommended it to several women at Comcast who don’t know about the course. I would consider taking another Wharton course in the future, maybe the Advanced Management Program." Show More Less Kinnera Angadi Director, Software Engineering, ComcastRachel Hudson Vice President of Operations, Cadent NetworkWhat attracted me to Wharton’s program was its focus on women. The way Wharton structured this program, we were able to become very close in a short time. There was a lot of exchange of experiences in a structured way — my class had women from Africa, Brazil, and the U.S., and we all have the same challenges. That was really comforting and exciting. The emotional intelligence session was one of my favorite parts. You always think that you are a certain kind of leader but being able to detach and look at it from a different perspective was very helpful. I’ve applied insights I learned during the session every day, not only professionally but also personally. Also, I’ve worked in financial markets, which is a male-dominated environment here in Latin America and in the U.S. I was happy to learn that the challenges I had during my career were the same as the other women in the program regardless of their career focus or age. This program has helped me tackle new opportunities as I’ve changed jobs, going from the Brazilian Stock Exchange to now being responsible for sales for Brazil’s first open-air shopping center that uses recycled containers. I am looking to be a transformation agent in the company and build a legacy professionally.” Show More Less Karina Melendez Head of Sales and Business Development, Vila Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil Dr. Tami BentonA New Perspective on Leadership Women in business are always compared to the highest-achieving men, never the mediocre ones. I feel like we wear a sort of invisible armor, especially in science where we are so outnumbered. You always have to be the best. I would never share my weaknesses with them. But the first day of Women’s Executive Leadership (WEXL) was like a high school reunion. We shared our challenges, which is something I would never do in another group. We were all very established women from many different industries and disciplines. I’ve always thought of myself as an R&D person — I have been in science for 25 years. But after the first few sessions in the Wharton program, I realized I could grow more. WEXL showed me that I have strengths on the business side. I never thought of myself that way. It really raised the bar on how I view myself and my strengths. I feel very empowered.” Show More Less Junko Stevens R&D Senior Director, ThermoFisher ScientificMary Jo Timlin-HoagA Diverse NetworkIt is rare to have the opportunity to share with other business women. Women are not a minority, but we often behave like we are. We keep our defenses up and feel the need to prove ourselves all the time. In this program, we were not competing — we were collaborating. From the beginning, it was like being in a group of people that you knew already. The usual competition, the hyper alertness you feel in other programs, wasn’t there. We were able to share personal things, talking about issues we struggle with every day. It wasn’t the main topic of the program, but it was interesting that we could be more open about things that we would not discuss in another environment. I have organized many leadership programs for MBA students both in Chile and overseas, and have also attended many programs. This one was really outstanding. We had some of Wharton’s top faculty with us every day — their energy and commitment to the program was a real bonus.” Show More Less Paula Broitman Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Date, Location, & FeesOctober 23 – 27, 2023Philadelphia, PA$12,000March 18 – 22, 2024Philadelphia, PA$12,000 Download the program schedule, including session details and format. Download ScheduleApply Now Hotel InformationFees for on-campus programs include accommodations and meals. Prices are subject to change. Read COVID-19 Safety Policy » International Travel Information »Plan Your Stay » Related ProgramsExecutive Development ProgramWomen on Boards: Building Exceptional LeadersCompare Programs Contact UsSchedule a personalized consultation to discuss your professional goals: +1.215.898.1776 execed@wharton.upenn.edu