annual leadership stewardship report 2017-2018 leadership.wharton.upenn.edu 2017 - 2018 contents leadership team (letter) 1 INTRODUCTION FROM LEADERSHIP TEAM MCNULTY LEADERSHIP 2 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Dear Board Members, Partners, and Friends, 3 AUDIENCE OVERVIEWS We are pleased to share with you our annual report from the 2017-2018 academic year. We began the year with the celebration of the incoming classes of students and ended CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND the year with the 7th annual Lipman Family Prize award ceremony and the 22nd annual 34 CHANGE MANAGEMENT Leadership Conference. In the pages ahead, you will find overviews of the main audiences we serve as well 35 LIPMAN FAMILY PRIZE as overviews from each of our Leadership Initiatives: the Anne and John McNulty Leadership Program, the Center for Leadership and Change Management, and the Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. 36 PENN PARTNERSHIPS We hope you find the content within both informative and inspiring and, as always, we look for your advice and guidance on how best to maintain our levels of quality and excellence across our audiences and our many constituents. 38 LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Thank you for your continued engagement and support and we look forward to seeing our board members in New York City on September 12, 2018 and on Penn’s campus February 26-27, 2019. 44 MCNULTY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM STAFF 48 SENIOR FELLOWS Mike Useem Jeff Klein Anne Greenhalgh Director Executive Director Deputy Director Center for Leadership McNulty Leadership Program McNulty Leadership Program and Change Management 51 UPCOMING EVENTS mcnulty(program overview) leadership undergraduate UG At the McNulty Leadership Program, we see leadership as the • Give and receive feedback act of making a positive difference in the world. We enable and • Exercise influence support every student in the pursuit of deeper self-awareness • Motivate oneself and others and improved leadership skills to advance individual success and • Work well in a team team and community performance. • Contribute to synergistic group decision-making • Cultivate organizational awareness, especially in an We develop as leaders and teammates by testing our knowledge, understanding of organizational culture skills, and abilities through new experiences. Our programs provide many different roles and contexts in which students can The 2017-18 academic year focused on enhancing and adapting learn. Whether it is through our community-wide programs like our current suite of programs so that we may better serve our Authors@Wharton and Wharton Leadership Ventures to our many audiences and deepen participation and impact. many fellowships and student groups, we work to give students and executives opportunities to:: Some highlights include: • We organized and ran over 30 program and speaker events, and TAKE ACTION: By embracing leadership moments of their own conferences from September 2017-June 2018 making, students can increase their resilience, adaptability, and • Due to the increased success of the Authors@Wharton Speaker capacity to lead in an authentic way. Series, the Wharton Leadership Lectures administration moved from the MBA Program Office to the McNulty Leadership Program. In partnership with Wharton Events, we now REFLECT: By coaching, mentoring, and gathering feedback from create, implement, and manage roughly three to seven others, students can develop their self-awareness, realize salient additional speaker events per year that add to the reputation character strengths, and identify personal opportunities for of the McNulty Leadership Program as the thought leader in personal growth and development. leadership development throughout the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. EXPERIMENT: By accepting stretch experiences, students can test and practice their range of leadership styles from directive to • We expanded our MBA for Executives offerings to include empowering to transformational. additional workshops and a modified version of the MBA program, P3: Purpose, Passion, and Principles. APPLY: By putting leadership lessons learned in and out of the • We revamped the Executive Education course The Leadership classroom into deliberate practice, students can build skills, Journey. The new course, entitled Becoming a Leader of Leaders: especially the ability to: Pathways for Success, launched this May includes new research, new team exercises and case discussions designed to provide • Think creatively and critically participants with the strategies to strengthen leadership and build • Use emotional intelligence highly effective teams for today and tomorrow. • Communicate well with others 68 9 225 Leadership Fellowships and Partnerships Development Student Groups Opportunities 2 leadership program stewardship report | 2018 undergraduate: UG The Leadership Edge Nonprofit Board Fellows KEY UG, MBA, EMBA, EE, Participants gain insight into decision- Fellows are matched with Philadelphia Public, Interdisciplinary making and develop authentic leadership nonprofit organizations with the goal of styles true to personality. EE providing valuable board experience to our students while also supporting the Advanced Management Program Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Pathways mission of the partner organizations. AMP is an immersive five-week for Success MBA, Interdisciplinary program where senior leaders hone their Through a series of case discussions, leadership capabilities. EE team exercises, computer simulations Nonprofit Executive Committee and personal development sessions, Students with prior board experience Authors@Wharton Speaker Series participants clarify principles and goals serve as peer coaches to nonprofit board World-renowned authors come to and put them into practice. EE fellows. MBA, Interdisciplinary campus and share their ideas on topics P3: Purpose, Passion, Principles ranging from management to the social Learning Team Retreat P3 is an eight-week curriculum that brings sciences to gender in the workplace. UG, During the two-day retreat, MBA together students in a structured way to MBA, EMBA, EE, Public students are introduced to their Learning gain a deeper understanding of their own Teams and begin the process of team definitions of success and happiness and Authors@Wharton Student Committee formation. MBA how these relate to their professional and The Authors@Wharton Student life-long goals. MBA, EMBA Committee plays an integral role in Leadership Conference expanding and enriching the speaker An annual conference featuring speakers P3 Group Facilitators series in a variety of ways, from in leadership roles across industries. UG, Seasoned veterans of the program suggesting potential speakers and topics MBA, EMBA, EE, Public facilitate group conversations over the to managing events. UG, MBA nine-week curriculum. MBA The William P. Lauder Leadership Fellows CEO Academy Fellows mentor first-year students Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership This two-day program provides CEOs to develop their personal leadership Academy with an unparalleled opportunity to skills and optimize their Wharton MBA A partnership between Penn Athletics connect with peers in a dynamic setting experience to achieve success. MBA and McNulty Leadership Program, the that enhances their strategic-decision Academy fosters the leadership abilities making skills. EE Leadership in Action of Penn student-athletes. UG Weekly radio show with a live, call-in Innovation Project format featuring guests from diverse Undergraduate Venture Fellows Learning Teams work together to develop industries. UG, MBA, EMBA, EE, Public Students create an environment an innovative solution to a complex for individual and team leadership problem. MBA Lipman Family Prize development on a specific Leadership An annual global prize celebrating Venture. UG Coaching and Feedback Program leadership and innovation in the This program is a unique opportunity for social sector. students to get personalized one-on-one Ventures- Expeditions, Intensives, executive coaching based on detailed Lipman Family Prize Fellows Workshops feedback from peers and former co- Fellows help plan and execute elements Outdoor experiential based treks workers. MBA, EMBA, EE of the award process such as reviewing that provide genuine environments applications, analyzing data, preparing of uncertainty and change. UG, MBA, General Management Program materials for the Prize Committee and EMBA, EE Consisting of six open- enrollment attending the annual awards ceremony. programs and one-to-one executive MBA, Interdisciplinary Wharton 101: Business and You: coaching, the GMP is a highly Exploring Business Pathways and customizable learning journey designed Management 610: Foundations of Developing Your Potential to be completed over the course of two Leadership and Teamwork A course designed to increase years. EE MGMT 610 is an intense immersion understanding of interrelatedness of experience, which includes a custom- business disciplines. UG designed team-based highly interactive GUIDE simulation. MBA Through the Guiding Undergraduates Wharton 101 TAs in their Development and Education MBA Venture Fellows Teaching Assistants help support the program, MBA students mentor Second-year MBA students create an delivery and class management of Undergraduate students. UG, MBA environment for individual and team Wharton 101. leadership development on a specific Leadership Venture. MBA Workshops High-Performing Teams One-to-three day programs that Participants develop the ability to build, highlight