Advanced

Management Program
leadership by design
 “A MP is a program that’s fully
designed for people who are
heading for the corner office, for
people who are in positions of
significant responsibility. AMP
is rooted in research and thinking
about how people learn to lead.”
—MICHAEL USEEM, PHD
Faculty Chair, Advanced Management Program
Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Strong, effective leadership

happens by design. Advanced
Management Program
Designed for RIGOR
Sharpen your business acumen p. 4
It’s time to take that next, transformative step to accelerate the
trajectory of your career and your organization. Competition in and Amplifying Leadership
Potential Since 1988
around the C-suite is fierce. Getting to the top takes firm intention Designed to CHALLENGE
and a dedicated plan. What you need is to immerse yourself in an Senior executives choose the Wharton Advanced Management
Test your leadership through experiential learning p. 6
Program (AMP) to amplify their business acumen and hone
intellectually rigorous environment where business acumen, financial their leadership capabilities. Over five weeks, a select cohort of
strategy, innovation capability, and value creation are front and about 55 executives are immersed in a rigorous, experiential,

center. Understand how you can influence others and effect real and
Designed for SELF-AWARENESS transformative program that becomes a defining moment in their
personal and professional lives. They learn within an optimal
sometimes disruptive change. This is how you claim your stake. Gain perspective from your executive coach p. 8
environment, working side-by-side with colleagues across
This is leadership by design. industries, developing a global and lifelong network of peers.

AMP is led by expert Wharton faculty who bring extensive

Designed for CONNECTION
This is the Wharton Advanced Management Program. Become part of a global network of peers p. 10
business knowledge, research, and proficiency to bear on
all aspects of the program. Delivered in partnership with
the McNulty Leadership Program at Wharton, AMP blends
coursework, coaching, and experiential learning to develop
visionary leadership capabilities in individuals. AMP provides
Designed for TRANSFORMATION the foundation from which senior executives can reach the next
Take a quantum leap in leadership strengths p. 12 level of achievement and success.

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 “The world is changing. I felt
it was time to step up in terms
of my role in my country,
which is Nigeria, and in terms
of really playing a specific, WHARTON ALUMNI STATUS

significant, and impactful role Upon completion of AMP, you gain full status as
in leading change in an era
The Wharton
Wharton alumni. Now you are part of one of the
where Africa, as a continent, largest and most distinguished business school

AMP Difference
alumni organizations in the world, with 100,000+
is rising.”
members in more than 130 nations.
—NDIDI NNOLI-EDOZIEN (AMP 2016)
An immersive and transformative experience Founder/Chair, Growing Businesses Foundation, Nigeria
Your access to such an expansive, expert, and
exclusive global network is an invaluable benefit,
supported by ongoing alumni communications and
STRENGTHEN THE LEADER WITHIN Think Critically and Manage Uncertainty
your own lifelong Wharton email address.
The AMP curriculum is distinguished by a rigor and emphasis
Wharton’s AMP is an intellectually rigorous on senior leadership not found in other programs. Core faculty
members lead classroom sessions that provide the latest
program for senior executives who are already
knowledge and tools for management, marketing, finance,
successful leaders. By taking this next step, strategy, and organizational dynamics. Their daily presence and
observations give you tremendous access to expert thinking,
you will: as they share insights into the connections between classroom
experiences and real-world business scenarios.

Sharpen critical thinking skills and further Challenge Mental Models

leadership capabilities
More than business acumen, AMP delivers unique opportunities
to strengthen individual talents by challenging preconceived
limits and mental models. Skills are forged in ways that demand
Gain insights and knowledge to make an critical thinking, decision making, and high-performance
immediate impact back at the office teamwork.

• Executive coaching, individually and in teams, accelerates

learning and personal growth, with coaching sessions
extending beyond the program’s conclusion.
Learn to authentically lead and inspire higher
levels of performance • Executive conversations provide valuable insights, as current
and former CEOs of globally recognized companies share their
experiences in intimate, informal dialogues.

Understand how to create greater value for • Experiential opportunities such as rowing, filmmaking, and
shareholders and stakeholders other dynamic group activities help you to internalize and
apply ideas of leadership.

Wharton’s AMP is an immersive and transformative experience

designed to give you a tremendous reserve of strategies and best
Become better able to persuade, influence,
practices, with a heightened self-awareness, for managing in
and negotiate expertly
both your professional and personal lives.

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 “A lot of stress in deciding to do
Designed for RIGOR these programs is choosing the right
program, and when to do the right
program. There’s never a good time
to take off five weeks, but when I
looked at the Wharton curriculum, it
Sharpen your was really a good program for me.”

business acumen —LYNN FLYNN

(AMP 2016)
The interrelatedness of all things, EVP, Global Licensing,
from finance and strategy to PVH Corp., USA; COO,
Perry Ellis International
marketing and negotiations

Research and experience indicate that the

five intense weeks of AMP provide you, as
Featured Session Topics
a senior executive, with the right level of STRATEGY & INNOVATION GLOBAL FINANCE STRETCH EXPERIENCES
rigor and immersion. By design, academic Gain Clarity with Measurable Impact Recognize Nuances in Economic Environments Reach Beyond Comfort Zones
content engages the whole brain and the Linking Operations Management to Financial Performance Financial Market Returns and the Macro Economy Executive and Team Coaching
whole person. Developing and Managing Innovation Capability Corporate Strategy and Valuation Leadership Navigation Challenge
New Business Opportunities in the 21st Century Managing the Corporate Portfolio Rowing on the Schuylkill River
It blends the analytical knowledge Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage Global Economic Issues Write Your Own Cover Story
that underpins business acumen— Strategy Planning and Connected Strategy The Future of Money Making a Film in a Day

finance, marketing, strategy—with Managing Corporate Acquisitions Financial Accounting Creativity

Discovery-Driven Planning
provocative experiences to inspire
Social Enterprise Project
more inventive and expansive SENIOR LEADERSHIP BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES
thinking, while creating an Connect People with Strategy for Ongoing Value See the Bigger Picture
invaluable, reflective pause in MARKETING & SALES Leading High-Performing Teams in Dynamic Environments Competing Under Uncertainty

your career. Create Awareness to Generate Results Boards that Lead: Corporate Governance that Builds Value The Management of Politics
Marketing Science: New Data and Better Science Executive Negotiation Workshop Executive Speaker Series
E-Commerce and Digital Marketing Leadership and Followership Corporate Diplomacy
Does Marketing Matter? Organizational Culture What Is Success?
The Brand of a Nation Emotional Intelligence Geopolitics
Customer Analytics Leadership and Ethics
Leading Change

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 Designed to CHALLENGE

Test your leadership

capabilities through
experiential learning
The journey accelerates learning; working
alongside peers heightens self-awareness

“Leadership isn’t practiced in a vacuum. Wharton’s AMP is renowned for converting knowledge into Experiential learning, along with such creative
action through experiential learning. Case studies are never outlets as poetry and storytelling, allows you to
Leadership is enacted with other people
the main focus and, when included, divert from the historical think about, test, and apply new ideas and ways
through relationships in specific kinds approach to business practices used by other programs. Wharton of working—including when to lead and when
of contexts,” says Jeff Klein, executive faculty members discuss case studies in the context of current to follow. Right brain meets left brain, and the
information, promoting new thinking about future possibilities. result exceeds all expectations.
director, McNulty Leadership Program.
AMP, delivered in partnership with the McNulty Leadership
Program, takes you out of your comfort zone and mental habits
This philosophy stands at the center
through engaging, unusual, and often demanding experiences:
of Wharton’s AMP, which incorporates
• Filming and producing mini-documentaries with the Pig Iron
interactive experiences for Theatre Company in Philadelphia develops leadership and
stronger engagement and to followership roles and advances communication skills.

deepen learning. • Rowing on the Schuylkill River aligns crews around a common
purpose, creating greater awareness of inner strengths and
reliance on others to achieve success.

• Using GPS tracking technology for campus explorations The McNulty Leadership Program at the
reveals each individual’s talents and the necessity of different Wharton School seeks to develop global
roles within a team. leaders as world citizens. Such leaders
have an understanding of how they and
“Wharton long ago recognized that it’s not enough for leaders their organizations can make a positive
to talk about what they might do if they find themselves in a difference for investors, customers,
certain situation. What’s necessary for leadership development employees, and communities,
is to put yourself in the situation, to make the decisions, and regardless of national setting but
then understand the consequences of those decisions,” Jeff with a deep appreciation for the
Klein says. distinctive cultures at play.

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 “Having the opportunity to speak
Designed for SELF-AWARENESS with a Wharton executive coach
really helped me set my direction.
My coach encourages me to be true
to myself and live my authentic life.
At the end of the day, that’s the best
alignment to achieve true success.”
Gain perspective from
your executive coach —MARY HO (AMP 2015)
Non-Executive Partner,
Silver Spring Capital
The individual feedback and guidance Management, Hong Kong

you’ve always wanted

The role of a coach is to improve performance. “At Wharton, we have a group of very experienced executive
coaches who work with participants in a way that is focused,
This is as true on the executive level as it is
supportive, and, at the same time, pushes them to move
on the athletic field. Coaches are objective beyond what they’ve imagined for themselves,” says Ilene
observers who provide invaluable Wasserman, AMP lead executive coach. “Executives at this
level lead very, very hurried lives. What coaching does is it
feedback and guidance, helping you to gives people an opportunity to pause—to pause and reflect
overcome blind spots, break through and look at their situation.”
plateaus, and develop greater
Push Past Your Preconceived Limits
self-awareness.
As part of the AMP experience, a Wharton executive coach
is assigned to work with you. Your pre-program assessment
becomes the foundation to benchmark your current leadership
skills and identify specific challenges. Over five weeks, your
coach provides expert advice, continuous support, and ongoing
encouragement through one-on-one and group coaching
sessions. Dynamic group exercises enrich your individual
coaching experience with actionable feedback and a 360°
perspective from a diverse group of peers.

After AMP concludes, coaching continues, helping you to stay

focused on goals within your daily routines. Through executive
coaching, AMP provides an unparalleled opportunity to pause,
reflect, and move beyond self-limiting barriers to achieve more.

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 Designed for CONNECTION “One of the key benefits for me was
the alumni status and access to the
9% greater Wharton community. Not
europe only the 50 members of my cohort
39 %
that I still network with today, but
north
1% america I’ve also had experiences with alumni

Become part of a global central

america
5%
middle
east
in China that opened doors for me
to do business across the globe.”
network of peers 6%
south
35%
asia
—ROBERT LUNA (AMP 2013)
america CEO, Surevest Wealth Management, USA

Participant
pacific
The benefit of a prestigious alumni 5%
network 100,000+ strong africa

Demographics
It can be lonely at the top. But not when Industry Perspectives
23% 15% 9% 8% 7% 6% 4%
*
28%
other (includes small and midsize
businesses, startups)
you complete Wharton’s AMP. During the
five-week program, you are in fine financial services manufacturing government, health care consumer professional transp, professional servi
& engineering military & nonprofit & pharma products services & logistics & & consulting
company. Your peers are those within & retail consulting aerospace

three reporting relationships of the CEO

or managing director, with more than
Years of Experience Recent Companies Job Function
20 years of management experience.
Accenture ■ General Management

Together, along with faculty, coaches, 39 % Amazon ■ Finance/Accounting

Anbang International ■ Business Development/Sales
and executive mentors, they
31 % Banco Bradesco
■ Operations/Logistics 11%
become part of your executive BNP Paribas
■ Strategic Planning
BP 42%
network. These are relationships ■ Consulting
Coca-Cola India 10%
that can last a lifetime and even ■ O
 ther (includes R&D,
17 % Credit Suisse
Marketing, Legal, IT,
provide a lifeline when you’re J.P. Morgan
facing tough situations.
13% Mitsui & Co.
Human Resources,
and Entrepreneurship) 9%
Nike
Nippon Life Insurance Company
Philips
6%
Roche
Saudi Aramco 4%
Standard Bank
Zurich Insurance Group 18%
< 20 20–25 25–30 30+

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 Designed for TRANSFORMATION

Take a quantum leap in

leadership strengths
Benefit from a reflective, thought-provoking
pause in your career

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For some, AMP is a career refresh. A reset. For Iain O’Brien, who attended in 2015, AMP was all about options and actionable experience.
“What do we want to do socially? What do we want to do professionally? What do we want to do
A needed pause from the day-to-day
personally? All of those things are addressed here. We talk about them all in a risk-free environment.”
operations to not only think about next
Originally from Scotland, he has spent the last eight years in the Philadelphia area and is vice
steps, but to be challenged intellectually, president of operations for EthosEnergy. “The experiential emphasis is evident from Day 1...All of it
AMP 2015 alumni
creatively, and realistically. was very cleverly designed to demonstrate the concepts that we’ve been learning in class: How do
were promoted to the people react under pressure? How can you make decisions in the split of the moment, or how do you
make decisions when everything is changing all the time? This program was really good to make the
For others, AMP is a chance to stretch C-suite after completing connection between the theory and the practice, not just planning but how you take action.”
themselves as leaders. Learning the
value of leadership and followership.
the Wharton program.
Testing their strengths and opening Relationships were key for Donyale Showers (AMP 2017), principal and executive director of
themselves to new experiences Attentive Care Partners LLC in the U.S. “I’ve become a permanent part of a learning community.
It doesn’t end with these five weeks. There’ll be resources, like other alumni who are available to
and roles within teams. bounce ideas off of and probably make deals with. It’s truly exciting.”

What will AMP be for you?

How will you design
your future?
The takeaways for Pierre Hermant (AMP 2017), a media executive from Belgium, involved being open
to feedback and learning from international peers with diverse styles and personalities.

“Leadership is learnable, and Wharton’s AMP provides a trusting environment to learn about yourself
—TRICIA GRIFFITH (AMP 2015) and improve your leadership skills. Thanks to the self-awareness you will gain from being at Wharton,
President and CEO, Progressive Insurance you will be able to build a new leadership model and achieve new challenges.”
Speaker, Wharton Leadership Conference 2017

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 “The professors had a true sense of
dedication to us. It wasn’t a revolving door
where they taught their session and left. You
see them in the dining room, over lunch,
and they’ll sit and converse with you and
the other AMP participants. The Wharton
faculty are interested in the challenges you
are facing and what’s happening back home
in your office. They were truly a part of the
Wharton Faculty program with us.”
—TIFFANY WILLIS
Learn from those who wrote the book Vice President and Head of Investor Relations, Starbucks

DESIGNED FOR KNOWLEDGE Following is a partial list of participating Wharton faculty,

subject to change for some sessions: Participating Faculty
Gad Allon, PhD Nancy Rothbard, PhD
Wharton faculty are experts in their fields and Faculty Chair Jeffrey A. Keswin Professor; Professor of Operations, Information Deputy Dean; David Pottruck Professor;
thought leaders in the business world. Each day of Michael Useem, PhD
and Decisions; Director, Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Professor of Management, The Wharton School
Technology, The Wharton School
AMP, Wharton faculty help you link new knowledge William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management; G. Richard Shell, JD
Editor, Wharton Leadership Digest; Brian Bushee, PhD Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor of Legal Studies & Business
and tools to your unique business and personal Director, Center for Leadership and Change Management Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor of Accounting; Senior Ethics; Professor of Management, The Wharton School
situations. These integration sessions encourage Vice Dean of Teaching and Learning, The Wharton School
Nicolaj Siggelkow, PhD
reflection, questions, and rich conversations. The Executive Director Emilie Feldman, PhD David M. Knott Professor of Management;
Michael L. Tarnopol Professor; Professor of Management, Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management,
total experience is so binding, AMP participants Jeff Klein
The Wharton School The Wharton School
Executive Director, McNulty Leadership Program;
typically retain relationships with one another and Lecturer, The Wharton School and the School of Social Policy Anne Greenhalgh, PhD Harbir Singh, PhD
with Wharton faculty throughout their careers. and Practice, University of Pennsylvania Deputy Director, Wharton Leadership Program; Mack Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack
Adjunct Professor of Management, The Wharton School Institute for Innovation Management; Wharton School Faculty
Director for the Huntsman Program in International Studies and
Erika James, PhD
Business, The Wharton School
Pictured from left: Nicolaj Siggelkow, Nancy Rothbard, and Mauro Guillén Dean; Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise;
Professor of Management, The Wharton School Christian Terwiesch, PhD
Andrew M. Heller Professor; Department Chairperson and Professor
Sarah Light, PhD
of Operations, Information and Decisions; Co-Director, Mack Institute
Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics,
of Innovation Management, The Wharton School; Professor of Health
The Wharton School
Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Americus Reed, PhD
James D. Thompson, PhD
The Whitney M. Young Jr. Professor; Professor of Marketing,
Adjunct Associate Professor, Management Department, The
The Wharton School
Wharton School; Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Social
David Reibstein, PhD Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
William Stewart Woodside Professor of Marketing;
David Wessels, PhD
Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School
Adjunct Professor of Finance, The Wharton School

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