Growth begins with strategy. You must select opportunities -- whether alliances, acquisitions, or internal corporate ventures – and then create a strategic plan to achieve them. But that plan must also be driven by effective leadership. Quality leaders move strategy from concept into reality, develop the leadership capacities of the top team and beyond, and drive change while remaining vigilant about countermeasures by the competition.

In Strategic Thinking and Leadership for Growth you will learn from two of Wharton's most esteemed management professors how to create powerful strategies and strengthen the leadership capabilities you need to achieve them. Strengthen your ability to think and act strategically; create a leader's checklist to guide your execution of the strategy; and prepare yourself, your team, and your organization to compete, grow, and succeed.

Session topics:

• Strategy Formulation and Development of Business Plans
• Identifying, Creating, and Sustaining a Competitive Advantage
• Leading and Managing Growth
• Strategic Thinking and Acting
• Corporate Growth via Acquisitions and Alliances
• Strategy Audit
• Competing in a Global Environment
• Selecting Leaders and Developing Talent
• The Leader's Checklist
• Making Good and Timely Leadership Decisions

Faculty:

Harbir Singh, PhD
Mack Professor of Management
Vice Dean for Global Initiatives and Co-Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
http://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/people/faculty.cfm?id=1361

Michael Useem, PhD
William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management
Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
http://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/people/faculty.cfm?id=1366

For More information on this program please visit the Wharton website:
http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/open-enrollment/accelerated-development-program/strategic-thinking-and-leadership-for-growth.cfm