[vc_row martech_row_background_position=”None”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row martech_row_background_position=”None”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following is the first in a series of history lessons through the lens of leadership by Dr. Gregory Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management, the Wharton School and Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership and Change Management. Why mine history for lessons in leadership? First, Confucius recommends that…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
The Prepared Leader “Crises are inevitable. History, recent evidence, and logic itself tell us that they always happen…Just as one starts to resolve, another is already taking shape. Unfortunately, we are hardwired to neglect this possibility,” say Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten. Six weeks before the pandemic hit, Lynn…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
This Nano Tool was previously published in the October 2022 Wharton@Work Newsletter The 25-Minute Meeting Contributed by Donna McGeorge, global authority on productivity and best-selling author of The 25-Minute Meeting (Wiley, 2019) and The 1-Day Refund (Wiley, 2021). Nano Tools for Leaders are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
In partnership with the 2020 Wharton Leadership Conference, the Center for Human Resources, and the McNulty Leadership Program, we invite you to attend a series of virtual events titled: Leadership in the Wake of COVID-19: What Enterprise Leaders Will Need to Survive and Prosper in the Years Ahead. Thanks to…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
This Nano Tool was previously published in the May 2020 Wharton@Work Newsletter We Are All Leaders Now: Seizing the Leadership Moment Contributed by Michael Useem, William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management and Director of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Nano…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
Physical distancing is hard on everyone. Here are some tips to navigate our new normal. Even as certain states and countries look to loosen confinement measures, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will change the way we socialize for the foreseeable future. Yet after almost two months spent hunkered…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
“For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” – Antarctic explorer, Sir Raymond Priestly In 1914, Europe began WWI and set about devouring a generation…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
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See it My Way: Top Tips for Persuading Others Contributed by G. Richard Shell, Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics; Professor of Management; Chairperson: Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department, the Wharton School Nano Tools for Leaders are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management
This article was previously published on NPR on August 16, 2019 Katy Milkman played tennis at Princeton, and when she finished college, she went to the gym every day. But when she started grad school, her fitness routine went south. “At the end of a long day of classes, I…Read More| Center for Leadership and Change Management