Leadership

The Leader’s Checklist for Board Directors

In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton’s Michael Useem offers guidance on how to evaluate a board’s performance regarding pressing strategic and leadership issues.

High-performing and Resilient Teams: Preventing Burnout

This Nano Tool for Leaders from Wharton Executive Education offers strategies to improve team resilience and performance and reduce burnout by relying on less obvious sources of support.

How Corporate Governance Is Changing

A recent "Beyond Business" panel discussion, hosted by Wharton Dean Erika James, focused on how boards can redefine corporate governance to maximize a company’s social impact while balancing the needs[…]

Layered Leadership and Apple’s Rise to the Top

In an excerpt from the revised and updated edition of their book ‘The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap,’ Wharton’s Harbir Singh and Michael Useem explore how Apple’s approach to leadership has contributed[…]

This Checklist Can Make You a Better Leader

In the 10th anniversary edition of his book ‘The Leader’s Checklist,’ Wharton’s Michael Useem highlights 16 mission-critical principles to help leaders make good decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments.

Leadership 2.0: Gain New Skills to Meet New Challenges

Learning to lead is not a “one and done” assignment. In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton’s Mike Useem explains how to gain new skills to keep pace with change.

Confronting Ethical and Moral Dilemmas: Don’t Go It Alone

In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton’s G. Richard Shell explains how “the power of two” can help when you are faced with a moral or ethical dilemma at work.

Recognizing Deception: How to Spot a Lie

In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton’s Maurice Schweitzer and Columbia’s Adam Galinsky offer six steps that will improve your ability to spot a lie that could otherwise impact you[…]

Learning to Be a Better Leader

In his latest book, 'The Edge,' Wharton management professor Michael Useem profiles 10 chief executives and shares their strategies for sustained success.

Black Women Leaders: Navigating the Intersection of Gender and Race

Wharton’s Stephanie Creary talks to scholars Ella Bell Smith and Stella Nkomo about the re-issue of their seminal book that examines the vastly different experiences of Black and white women[…]

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