Damon Harrell, WG'03
“My Wharton experience served to reinforce something I have always believed: Working with leaders is one of the best ways to learn about leadership. The competitiveness of the program comes from the fact that everyone is going to perform well. You need to be at the top of your game, but people are not competing with one another. The performance standards are very high, but the environment is very positive. With the quality of the professors and camaraderie among the students, we brought out the best in each other.”
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At Wharton, you learn leadership by leading. We believe that you can't learn leadership and teamwork simply by reading or attending lectures. Our leadership curriculum teaches fundamental practical skills of teamwork, leadership, and persuasion, and we give you a wide range of opportunities to put them into practice.
The practice and theory of leadership are woven throughout the Wharton curriculum, beginning with the core.
The leadership learning experience at Wharton builds on the learning team model, designed to cultivate collaborative skills and teach leadership in the kind of horizontal teamwork environment found in most work teams and executive committees.
Through the FAP, teams generate well-researched analyses and practical suggestions for participating sponsors, applying the theory, concepts, and models that have been studied to strategic business issues.
At Wharton, there are many options to develop your leadership style — from challenging leadership ventures to one day leadership workshops.
Leaders from business and government offer Wharton students a rare opportunity to hear, and ask questions, about the companies and countries that are influencing business and world affairs.