Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Pathways for Success

Intensifying demands for high-performance leadership press teams and organizations everywhere to become more flexible and proactive. Managers today increasingly find that effective leadership requires a skill set and capacity to lead that both resembles and differs from what they have already experienced and learned. Today’s leaders need to develop and draw on the leadership of others with whom they share responsibility for enterprise growth and success.

Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Pathways for Success builds on new research, fresh insights, and experiential exercises focused on pivotal moments when effective leadership has had great impact, both historically and contemporarily. Rather than focusing on talent management or succession planning, the program emphasizes strengthening your own leadership capacity so you can more effectively lead other leaders and develop leadership throughout your organization.

Becoming a Leader of Leaders strengthens your capabilities and your team’s ability to generate sustainable high performance. We blend a range of engaging and interactive teaching methods — experiential decision making, problem-solving exercises, case discussions, and self-development workshops.

Class sessions include experiential learning from pivotal moments in history, including those portrayed by William Shakespeare and those explored during a full-day off-site learning experience on a U.S. Civil War battlefield as we discuss how leaders of leaders made (or failed to make) critical differences at key leadership moments in this turning point in American history.

This program focuses on strengthening your personal capacity to produce results through your own leadership and that of others. The program develops your ability to understand yourself as a leader, to lead other leaders more effectively, and to develop those who report to you.

In this program you will:

Renewed Sense of Purpose: Reimagine your leadership style

Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Pathways for Success is designed for senior managers who want to strengthen, advance, and hone their leadership skills to meet their organization's current and future challenges. With a results-oriented, intensive, hands-on learning experience, the curriculum is intended for professionals seeking to broaden their skills for leading other leaders.

Fluency in English, written and spoken, is required for participation in Wharton Executive Education programs unless otherwise indicated.

The program includes a full day of walking, standing, and exploring a variety of locations. Participants should dress for the weather and wear comfortable clothing and footwear. If you anticipate needing mobility support or other accommodations to participate fully, please notify us in advance so we can work with you to make appropriate arrangements.

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This 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 .

To 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.