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 Diane Denton
VP, State Energy Policy, Duke Energy

“ As I evaluated a number of programs, the deciding factor for

choosing Wharton’s EDP was the combination of a business

Overview simulation model coupled with coaching. Having my coach observe

the simulation and then give feedback on my performance in real time was
a top priority.
The simulation is designed to let you apply knowledge you just learned under
pressure in a highly charged environment. That sequence makes for much
In today’s economy, business leaders are being
better retention—the lessons really get cemented in. Having my coach watch me and then give
tested in ways they previously could never have me feedback on my performance was really important. My Wharton executive coach challenged
imagined. Preparing for the challenges ahead my thinking and assumptions about myself and how others might perceive me as a leader. The
means acquiring new business acumen, updating coaching is incredibly valuable and I will continue to meet with her during the coming year.
leadership skills, and cultivating a different
EDP is absolutely worth the time and investment. What appealed to me was the breadth of
mindset that embraces uncertainty and rapid material covered within a two-week period. I wasn’t looking for a longer program since I already
change. Wharton’s Executive Development have an MBA. I just needed to dust it off and rejuvenate my skills. Two weeks is the perfect
Program (EDP) prepares rising executives to move amount of time. It’s long enough to truly break away from your day-to-day responsibilities—
from mastery of one focused area to success in which I had not done in more than a decade—and get immersed in a trusting environment of
a role with greater responsibility, readying them collaboration and camaraderie. Not only did I accomplish my academic objectives, I came away
with new lifelong friendships and a network of colleagues that span the globe.”
to lead their organizations through the massive
disruption happening in industries everywhere.

In EDP, participants will expand their business

acumen in key areas such as finance, marketing,
John Hosey
and strategy. Taught by Wharton’s world-
renowned faculty, the program, which is now Vice President, Chief Appraiser, First Republic Bank

offered in a live virtual format as well as on

campus, also includes intensive executive
coaching by Wharton-trained coaches and entry
“ When I read about how uniquely the Executive Development
Program was structured, with so many touchpoints outside the
classroom over the two weeks, I knew I would get so much out of it. It’s
to a cohort of global peers from a wide variety of not about lectures and taking notes, or just sitting next to people from
industries and job functions. different cultures and disciplines. You work with them on projects that get
you out of the classroom and out of your comfort zone. The simulation
and the coaching component make it a true 360° program.”

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 Highlights and During this multiple-week program you will:
• Advance your strategic decision-making capabilities to think faster and more

Key Outcomes creatively about current challenges, opportunities, and solutions

• Deepen your understanding of organizational dynamics to improve the design
and implementation of new initiatives and avoid destructive conflicts
• Gain knowledge in core areas of business, including finance, marketing,
In the Executive Development Program (EDP), operations, management, and strategy based on current research and
you will: best practices
• Develop a global network of peers and experts
• Build capabilities for leading cross-border
teams across functions and countries • Work with an experienced executive coach in individual and group coaching
sessions to hone your leadership skills during the program and enable
• Strengthen business acumen in core areas successful transfer of these skills to the workplace
such as finance, marketing, management,
and strategy
• Put your knowledge to the test in a realistic Session Topics:
business strategy simulation that requires
leadership and teamwork • Marketing Strategy: How to Compete in an Age of Disruption

• Work with an executive coach to develop • Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
your leadership skills through the simulation • Leading with Character
team experience and Integrity
In both the live virtual and on-campus versions of • Executive Negotiation Workshop
EDP, there will be several structured and focused • Value-Based Decision Making
opportunities to engage with a cohort of seasoned
• Operational Excellence and the Link to Financial Performance
business leaders, building your professional
• Strategic Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions:
network. Class sessions capture the years of
From Decision Making
experience in the group, and teamwork provides to Implementation
opportunities for exploring the relationship
between individual behavior and team dynamics.
Small-group work on the simulation and group
projects plus optional after-hours meetings
promote a spirited camaraderie that leads to deep
and lasting connections.

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 industry

Participant Profile
Wharton’s Executive Development Program region
is designed for successful functional, country,
or unit managers preparing to take on broader
responsibilities that require leading outside their
areas of education and experience.

Participants represent many cultures and regions,

and more than half are typically from outside the
United States. They include leaders from across all
disciplines, including marketing and sales, research
and development, accounting and finance,
supply chain and logistics, manufacturing and
engineering, human resources, and information
technology. Likewise, they come from a variety of job function
industry vertical groups, such as pharmaceuticals
and health care, financial services, manufacturing,
aerospace and defense, and high technology.

Qualified U.S. veterans are invited to apply their

Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition benefit toward the cost
of this Wharton Executive Education program.

Fluency in English, written and spoken, is

required for participation in Wharton Executive
Education programs.

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 Faculty
Patti Williams, PhD
Academic Director
Ira A. Lipman Associate
Professor of Marketing,
The Wharton School

Patti Williams is the Ira A. Lipman Associate Patti has received numerous teaching
Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School awards, including the Wharton Excellence
at the University of Pennsylvania. She received in Teaching Award. At Wharton Executive
her BA from Stanford University and her MBA Education, she teaches to companies such
and PhD from the University of California, as Google, Citi, Genentech, and others. In
Los Angeles. Prior to joining Wharton, she addition to her role as academic director
was an assistant professor at NYU’s Stern of the Executive Development Program, she
School of Business, and she has been a visiting also serves as the academic dean of the
scholar at the Stanford Graduate School of Estée Lauder Companies Global Marketing
Business. Patti’s research focuses on the role University, an extensive executive
of emotions in consumer decision making education partnership
and has appeared in the Journal of Consumer with Wharton.
Research, the Journal of Marketing Research,
and the Journal of Consumer Psychology, among
others. She is the president of the Society for
Consumer Psychology.

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 ADDITIONAL FACULTY
Gad Allon, PhD G. Richard Shell, JD
Jeffrey A. Keswin Professor; Professor of Thomas Gerrity Professor;
Operations, Information and Decisions; Director Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics;
of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Professor of Management; Chairperson,
Technology, The Wharton School Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department,
The Wharton School
Emilie Feldman, PhD
Associate Professor of Management, Nicolaj Siggelkow, PhD
The Wharton School David M. Knott Professor; Professor of
Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for
Mauro Guillén, PhD Innovation Management, The Wharton School
Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of International
Management; Professor of Management, Christian Terwiesch, PhD
The Wharton School Andrew M. Heller Professor; Department
Chairperson and Professor of Operations,
Barbara Kahn, PhD Information and Decisions; Co-Director, Mack
Patty and Jay H. Baker Professor; Professor of Institute of Innovation Management,
Marketing, The Wharton School The Wharton School; Professor of Health
Policy, Perelman School of Medicine,
Lynn Krage University of Pennsylvania
Senior Director of Leadership and Talent
Development, McNulty Leadership Program; Michael Useem, PhD
Lecturer, The Wharton School William and Jacalyn Egan Professor
of Management; Professor of
Cade Massey, PhD Management; Director, Center for Leadership
Practice Professor, Operations, Information and and Change Management; Editor,
Decisions, The Wharton School Wharton Leadership Digest

Todd Norris
Senior Fellow, Aresty Institute of Executive
Education, The Wharton School

Michael Roberts, PhD

William H. Lawrence Professor; Professor of
Finance, The Wharton School

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 Your executive coach will draw upon two resources to help you achieve your
goals: a 360° leadership assessment that you complete before your arrival in
the program and observations of you and your team during an intense business
Executive Coaching simulation. The 360˚ tool gathers vertical and horizontal feedback on leadership
competencies such as influence, emotional intelligence, and teamwork. During
the simulation, your coach will observe your ability to lead, collaborate, negotiate,
and participate as an effective team member. Armed with these insights,
A distinguishing highlight of Wharton’s EDP
individual coaching sessions will focus on your development as a leader, using the
is the inclusion of executive coaching within
simulation and the 360° assessment to identify and strengthen specific skills.
the learning experience. Recognizing its
importance in supporting individual learning The structure of the EDP, and the coaching provided, will allow you to make
and development, both the live virtual and connections between your behaviors and your effectiveness very quickly
on-campus versions of EDP offer intensive and gain powerful new insights into your leadership opportunities. The post-
in-depth coaching focused on behavioral program coaching session is focused on implementing key learnings within your
improvement grounded in feedback. It includes organization to create value and lasting impact from the EDP experience.
three individual sessions—two held during the
program and one held after its conclusion—as
well as two in-program group sessions.

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 EDP Simulation
A highlight of EDP is a robust business simulation
that provides participants with an opportunity
to acquire new leadership skills and put them to
use inside a real-world scenario. The simulation
has been optimized for the live virtual learning
experience and is designed to work on multiple
levels to help participants raise their leadership
performance. Tactically, the simulation brings Participants have the opportunity to try behaviors and approaches discussed
small groups of participants together to engage in executive coaching sessions in a supportive environment, with their coaches
as teams to create a successful outcome. The observing. Finally, it brings various business disciplines together, driving home
simulation also connects the day’s classroom the lesson that value is only created when leaders work together to develop and
learning to a hands-on situation, deepening the execute strategies.
experience of both.

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 Program Duration: 3 weeks
Wharton LIVE October 26 – November 12, 2020
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT
Programming
The live virtual program is delivered online in half-day sessions for three
Real-time, synchronous peer learning weeks. This schedule allows participants to fully apply themselves to EDP
while also providing an opportunity to implement and fine-tune feedback and
The live, virtual version of the Executive insights from the program in real time.
Development Program (EDP) is a premium
experience. It offers you: EDP LIVE covers all of the same content as the on-campus program, and
includes the same coaching experience. This program requires a substantial
• Small class size (40 people maximum) level of engagement that results in what past participants have called a
• Same Wharton faculty who teach in the personally rewarding and professionally transformative experience.
on-campus program
• High interactivity
• Structured format to enhance learning
and networking
• Rigor and challenge at the level of the
on-campus program

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Executive Development Program OCT. 26–NOV. 12, 2020

LIVE Program Schedule* LIVE Virtual

Wharton LIVE Programming — Week 1

Monday, October 26 Tuesday, October 27 Wednesday, October 28 Thursday, October 29
Program Introduction and Building the Operational Excellence and the Link to The Executive Negotiation Workshop Creating and Sustaining
Learning Community Financial Performance Competitive Advantage

8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00

break break break break
Building High-Performing Learning Teams Marketing Strategy: How to Compete in an The Executive Negotiation Workshop Simulation Introduction and Planning
Age of Disruption (continued)

10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30

SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION:

+1.215.898.1776 (worldwide) | [email protected]

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*Program start and end times are subject to change.
Please DO NOT make travel arrangements based on this agenda.

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Executive Development Program OCT. 26–NOV. 12, 2020

LIVE Program Schedule* LIVE Virtual

Wharton LIVE Programming — Week 2

Monday, November 2 Tuesday, November 3 Wednesday, November 4 Thursday, November 5
Financial Statement Analysis: Integrating Finance, Strategy, Scaling for Profitable Growth New Business Opportunities in
From KPIs to Value and Back and Operations (continued) Global Markets

8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00

break break break break
Integrating Finance, Strategy, Value-Based Decision Making Simulation Simulation
and Operations Decision Round 1 Decision Round 2

10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30

SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION:

+1.215.898.1776 (worldwide) | [email protected]

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*Program start and end times are subject to change.
Please DO NOT make travel arrangements based on this agenda.

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Executive Development Program OCT. 26–NOV. 12, 2020

LIVE Program Schedule* LIVE Virtual

Wharton LIVE Programming — Week 3

Monday, November 9 Tuesday, November 10 Wednesday, November 11 Thursday, November 12
Strategic Considerations in Mergers Leading with Character and Integrity Power and Influence Capturing the EDP Experience
and Acquisitions: From Decision Making
to Implementation

8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00 8:00–10:00

break break break break
Simulation Simulation Simulation Wrap-Up Leveraging the Power of Community and
Decision Round 3 Decision Round 4 Program Conclusion

10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30 10:15–12:30

SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION:

+1.215.898.1776 (worldwide) | [email protected]

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*Program start and end times are subject to change.
Please DO NOT make travel arrangements based on this agenda.

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