Increasingly, the business world requires people to work successfully in teams that depend on persuasive leadership rather than reporting relationships. Wharton's learning team model brings together classmates from around the globe, working to achieve common goals. You explore different leadership styles in a risk-free training ground that promotes both effective leadership and collaboration.

Click above on a team member The 11 Cent learning team to see what they have to say.

A microcosm of Wharton's diversity, members of the 11 Cent learning team hail from India, France, Nepal, Chicago, New York, and Pennsylvania. Hear their perspectives on how the team experience shaped their first year at Wharton. Anne Bovaird, WG'07 Real Estate » Anne's Student Bio "The learning team informs all your interactions with other students–people here are good at working together and getting things done. For me, the most valuable thing is what I learned about myself in terms of leadership and group dynamics." Damanpal Dogra, WG'07 Finance and Strategic Management » Damanpal's Student Bio "The five people on your team tell you about your strengths and weaknesses and help you come up with solutions. It gives you a safety net and a feeling of belonging to a particular group of people. We started taking more risks and doing things outside our core expertise. The bonds we formed will certainly go beyond our two years here." Andrew Gillick, WG'07 Finance » Andrew's Student Bio "Our learning team's ability to give both positive and negative feedback was amazing, even when we didn't know each other well. As we came back for later assessments, we noticed that every member had worked on the areas that had been recommended. I'm now much more able to give and receive feedback and not feel hurt by someone trying to give me a little help." Max Lipkind, WG'07 Finance » Max's Student Bio "The learning team is great preparation for work. You're thrown in with strangers, and you develop respect and admiration for their ideas. I found the constructive criticism invaluable for my own development as a leader. There may be issues or controversy along the way, but that's true of any experience of working on a team." Pooja Mudbhary, WG'07 Marketing and Strategic Management » Pooja's Student Bio "At our retreat in the Catskills, our team set clear objectives and decided we were going to focus on our individual learning. Instead of allowing the statistics expert to do a statistics project, for example, we would give it to the person who needed to improve their skills. We made sure everyone got a chance to learn." David Saperstein, WG'07 Finance » David's Student Bio "Someone told me that my first year at Wharton would be like drinking champagne from a fire hose, and they were right. There is a lot to do – class work, extracurricular activities, career development. My advice to any incoming student is to understand the bandwidth you're capable of and focus on doing two or three things well."