The intensifying competition for resources and demand for high performance are pressing firms to become more flexible, more results-focused, and more fast-acting.

Companies are finding that such initiatives require able leadership, and the challenge for organizations and business schools alike is to help build effective leadership both in the next generation of managers and throughout the organization today.

The mission of Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management is consequently to 1) stimulate basic research and practical application in the area of leadership and change, 2) foster an understanding of how to develop organizational leadership, and 3) support the leadership development agendas of the Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania.   More detail...