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Enhance your leadership profile while accelerating your path to success. Each of our Comprehensive
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Upon successful completion of the Advanced All three programs include personalized
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Wharton’s flagship senior 6 PROGRAMS IN 2 YEARS 6 FINANCE PROGRAMS IN 2 YEARS

leadership program empowers
you to amplify your purpose and
transform yourself as a leader.
• Discover new ways to
authentically lead your organization
• Learn to anticipate and create
change to develop agility and
resilience
• Create value for your organization
by discovering new ways to
innovate and grow
Enhance your leadership skills and
advance your business acumen
through a focused and flexible
curriculum of 6 open-enrollment
programs over 2 years.
• Design a learning journey that disciplines, including mergers and
fulfills your professional objectives
and fits your schedule
• Experience a multi-disciplinary
curriculum that covers finance,
marketing, strategy, innovation,
and leadership
• Build a global network of
accomplished peers across
functions, industries, and
countries
Acquire the finance skills necessary
to remain at the leading edge of
success in numerous professions
with a comprehensive curriculum.
• Explore a range of finance
acquisitions, distressed assets, real
estate, private equity, and venture
capital
• Gain advanced financial
acumen that will distinguish you
professionally
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skills as well as enhance your
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Executive Development Program
Gain Next-Level Leadership Skills
mar. 14–25, 2022 / philadelphia, pa
Prepare for new management challenges by enhancing your decision-making skills to think faster and more
creatively. Build capabilities for leading global, high-performing teams across job functions. Apply knowledge
through an intensive business strategy simulation that challenges conventional business wisdom.

senior leadership JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN.

Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Pathways for Success

Ensure your competence as a leader and examine the timeliness of your strategic vision. You will learn from 15–20
the decision-making processes of great leaders and discuss challenges with a network of global peers.
Boards That Lead: Corporate Governance That Builds Value
Based on the book Boards That Lead, this program provides the latest thinking from some of the world’s 1–2
most knowledgeable boardroom veterans on how directors can make a leadership difference.
Corporate Governance: Essentials for a New Business Era
Acquire critical management tools and gain new insight into the duties and nuances of board service. Forge partnerships 6–14
to strengthen financial return, conduct better enterprise risk management, and achieve governance diversity.
Executive Development Program
Ascend to greater levels of management by honing your business acumen in multiple core competencies and advance 14–25
your strategic decision-making capabilities to think faster, smarter, and more creatively.
Global CEO Program: A Transformational Journey
13–18 15–20
Lead your company toward profitable growth as you strengthen your knowledge of new markets, reflect on the most ------ ------
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pressing issues facing your company, and broaden your skills as a senior leader. (Three nonconsecutive weeks)
Global Strategic Leadership
Discover how you can formulate a global strategy for your organization and learn how to execute it. 9–13
Expand your organization’s visionary capacity to inspire greater possibilities for your collective future.
team and individual leadership JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN .

Business Essentials for Executives

Accelerate your career with an in-depth understanding of the core concepts that drive business. Tap into the 23–27
minds of Wharton’s world-renowned MBA faculty to become a stronger, more decisive leader.
High-Potential Leaders
Develop the strategic perspective required of global leaders, learn to manage uncertainty and execute 11–15
your vision, and establish a firm personal foundation that can withstand the pressures of leadership.
Leading Organizational Change
Examine the complex interpersonal and strategic issues involved in successfully spearheading change. 6–9
Gain frameworks, models, and perspectives on leading change and apply them to your unique challenges.
Leading through Challenging Times: From Crisis to Renewal
Effective leadership requires a new leadership skill set. This program draws on current research from top 7–11
Wharton faculty. Gain insights to teach the mindsets and strategies for fortifying your own leadership.
Women’s Executive Leadership: Business Strategies for Success
Gain invaluable insight into the sophisticated business and leadership concepts that will help 21–25
you propel your career forward while actively maintaining a work-life balance.
new Women on Boards: Building Exceptional Leaders
Explore how to navigate the politics and culture of the boardroom and discover how to make your voice 11–19
heard in this program that will give you a strong foundation for serving in your first director role.
negotiation and persuasion JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN .

Executive Negotiation Workshop: Negotiate with Confidence

Identify and understand your own negotiation style and that of others to negotiate more effectively. Learn 20–24
transformative techniques and practical frameworks to improve your internal and external negotiations.
Strategic Persuasion Workshop: The Art and Science of Selling Ideas
This program provides tools to help you advance your cause in the organization, identify and remove barriers Dates Coming Soon
to persuading others, and learn the “Art of Woo”—winning others over.
strategy and innovation JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN .

Business Essentials for Executives

Accelerate your career with an in-depth understanding of the core concepts that drive business. Tap into the 23–27
minds of Wharton’s world-renowned MBA faculty to become a stronger, more decisive leader.
Business Model Innovation in the Digital Age
Unlock significant opportunities for adding value and growth by innovating with your existing products, 9–13
customers, and markets. Implement a process for business model innovation that can be used repeatedly
throughout your organization.
Driving Growth through Strategic Partnerships
Build mastery in formulating, negotiating, managing, and evaluating alliances. Adopt practical tools for 11–15
establishing a global strategic position, even with limited time and resources, and for overcoming many of
the obstacles inherent in new market expansion and new product development.
Effective Decision Making: Thinking Critically and Rationally
Explore the best practices and behaviors that lead to good decision-making habits. Gain a deeper 16–20
understanding of the role personal judgment and emotions play in the decision-making process.
Effective Execution of Organizational Strategy
Explore the most important factors involved in implementation, including leadership, talent 4–8
management, and organizational design. Learn a logical approach to execution to overcome
even the most challenging obstacles.
new Leading Digital Transformation
Shift your mindset from traditional thinking on product- or service-based value creation and competition 1–6
to a platform and ecosystem perspective, and understand the new set of strategic choices and tradeoffs
they represent.
Mastering Innovation: Strategy, Process, and Tools
Become the catalyst for company-wide change when you learn how to construct the architecture that drives 6–10
innovation in an organization.
Negotiation and Influence: Making Deals and Strategy Work
Become a more skillful negotiator by developing a strategy to focus on the areas that can affect the Jan. 26–Mar. 2
final outcome in a negotiation. Discover the ways in which you can strengthen and enhance your
influence and gain leverage in negotiations.
People Analytics: HR Transformation through Data
Discover how to transform people data into useful insight to improve the way people are managed and to November 2022 dates available
enhance their value. Learn to apply analytical data to make more informed people-related decisions and Please see website for more details
acquire better talent management tools for defining and cultivating organizational culture.
Scaling Business for Profitable Growth
Successfully navigate your company toward revenue-producing growth while strengthening strategic, 6–10
financial, marketing, and leadership initiatives. Leave with an immediately deployable and financially viable
plan for scalable expansion.
Strategy and Management for Competitive Advantage
Learn to accurately assess the competition; design a compelling strategy; leverage your firm’s Feb. 28–
capabilities to full advantage; and obtain necessary resources through alliances, acquisitions, and Mar. 4
internal corporate ventures.
The Neuroscience of Business: Innovations in Leadership and Strategic Decisions
Learn how to apply neuroscience principles and technology to shape consumer behavior, improve decisions, 9–12
build better teams, strengthen client relationships, and hone marketing and communication strategies.

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finance and wealth management JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN.
Advanced Corporate Finance
Learn how your financial institution or firm can effectively manage risk in today’s uncertain economy. 2–6
Discover whether it is more efficient to take on debt, offer equity, or do a combination of both when making
capital structure decisions.
Assessing Commercial Real Estate Investments and Markets
Discover how to add commercial real estate to your client’s or institution’s diversified investment portfolio. December 2022 dates available
Become more discerning evaluators of real estate investment partners and opportunities in the U.S. Please see website for more details
and globally.
Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) Certification
The CIMA® certification is the only credential designed specifically for the financial professional who wants Mar. 21–
to attain a level of competency as an advanced investment consultant. In partnership with the Investments & Apr. 4
Wealth Institute™, Wharton offers an intensive educational component to prepare for the Certification Exam.
Client Psychology
Develop a more effective client-centered practice by drawing heavily on advances in psychology, behavioral Apr. 25–
finance, evidence-based decision making, and the human sciences to better understand the biases, May 19
behaviors, and perceptions that impact client decision making and financial well-being.
Corporate Valuation
Learn how to evaluate the financial implications of strategic business decisions through financial modeling. 20–24
Become more effective at communicating the consequences of financial decisions to your organization’s key
stakeholders.
Distressed Asset Investing and Corporate Restructuring
Learn how to assess the long-term value of and investment opportunities in companies that are financially 6–10
distressed. Become knowledgeable about the integral roles that business managers, professional investors,
and banking advisors can play in restructuring corporate debt.
Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager
Jan. 31–
Learn how to use financial data to make business decisions and to evaluate your firm’s performance. Examine 9–13
Feb. 4
core concepts of finance and accounting in a straightforward, easy-to-grasp manner.

Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management

Develop investment portfolios that generate the highest return for your level of investment risk. 4–8
This program provides a solid foundation for building optimal portfolios and effective tools for
making better investments.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Our interdisciplinary faculty and industry speakers help you select, assess, and evaluate potential 12–17
opportunities. Examine acquisition strategy, valuation techniques, tax issues, due diligence, and post-
acquisition integration.
Private Equity: Investing and Creating Value
Discover how to secure returns that outperform other asset classes by honing your expertise on private 14–18
equity investments. Delve into the effects of the pandemic; explore current strategies; and leave with the
ability to confidently evaluate, structure, and build profitable investments within the private equity space.
RMA/Wharton Advanced Risk Management Program
This program provides executives in banking and related fields with analytical frameworks, strategies, and 1–7 12–17
resources for measuring, managing, and monitoring risk. (Two nonconsecutive program weeks.).

new Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance

Learn how corporate boards and C-suite leadership prepare for activist campaigns directed at their company 25–29
and discover effective solutions for managing the process when it occurs. Develop the fundamentals for both
value investing and value-based management.
The CFO: Becoming a Strategic Partner
Refine your leadership style, communicate your financial knowledge to other leaders, and extend your Feb. 21–
23–27
influence across the organization. You will enhance your ability to impact your organization’s strategy Mar. 2
and value creation.
finance and wealth management JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN.
Venture Capital
Learn how to evaluate venture capital investment opportunities and do due diligence that will uncover 20–25 13–24
pitfalls and mitigate risk.
Wharton Finance for Executives
Demystify the process of creating shareholder value; gain techniques to evaluate the financial impact and 7–11
value of strategic decisions; and explore issues such as capital structures, diversification, and risk.

marketing JAN . FEB . MAR . APR . MAY JUN.

Customer Analytics for Growth Using Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data
Gain an in-depth understanding of new forms of customer data, enhance your ability to forecast customer 7–11
behavior, and acquire the skills to develop and execute effective monetization strategies.
Pricing Strategies: Measuring, Capturing, and Retaining Value
Learn how to maximize profits by combining the latest strategic pricing tools and techniques with valuable December 2022 dates available
insights into consumer psychology. Work alongside global peers to develop and defend actionable pricing for Please see website for more details
immediate use.
Strategic Marketing for Competitive Advantage
Learn how leading marketers segment and target customers, analyze consumer decisions, develop unique 21–25 5–10
brands, utilize distribution channels, and make effective marketing communication decisions.
The Neuroscience of Business: Innovations in Leadership and Strategic Decisions
Learn how to apply neuroscience principles and technology to shape consumer behavior, improve decisions, 9–12
build better teams, strengthen client relationships, and hone marketing and communication strategies.

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“Recently there has been a
real impact on leadership in
general and strategic leadership
specifically. Today there is a
need for greater risk taking,
inspirational communication, and
development of other leaders.
If you don’t generate the next
opportunity, someone else will.”
Harbir Singh, PhD
Mack Professor; Professor of Management; Co-
Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management;
The Wharton School Faculty