Wharton Advanced Management Program
Wharton Advanced Management Program
MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM
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Experiential Learning
A hallmark of Wharton Executive Education is its focus on hands-on learning.
Highlights and
Decades of research confirm that lessons are best retained and ingrained
when they involve immersing students in powerful, memorable stretch
experiences. The program includes intensive simulations and group work and,
Key Outcomes during the on-campus weeks, a wide range of activities that build leadership
and promote teamwork.
Community Building
In the Advanced Management Program, During the AMP, you will become part of an exclusive community of highly
you will: experienced senior leaders from around the world. Your cohort is limited in size
to build camaraderie and maximize the peer-to-peer learning exchange as a
• Develop a highly informed global perspective
wide range of sectors, industries, and companies are represented within the
that will help your organization seize new
group. Together, in a setting designed to foster collaboration and connection, you
opportunities and compete successfully
will explore the latest research and best practices in every business discipline,
well into the future
discussing challenges and trends with Wharton’s world-renowned expert faculty,
• Turn the latest theories and best practices in CEOs, and other senior leaders on the front lines of business today.
marketing, finance, strategy, and innovation
into actionable strategies Unlike similar programs, there are no elective sessions in AMP: participants
come ready for an active experience and a high level of engagement with
• Lead with greater purpose and presence fellow participants. You will share your current leadership challenges and
to better meet strategic objectives and put your knowledge and skills to the test in a variety of stretch experiences
inspire others and simulations designed to engage and educate. The connections you forge
• Deepen your self-awareness through will become a lifelong personal and professional network, keeping the AMP
individual and peer coaching and experience relevant well into the future.
faculty mentoring
Wharton’s whole-person approach also includes addressing the community,
• Master key leadership skills including social, and physical aspects of senior leadership. You will work in a small
negotiating and harnessing the power of group on a social enterprise project that taps your collective business acumen,
emotional intelligence expertise, and connections to address a pressing societal need. You will
• Build a strong global network of peers who experience executive mindfulness sessions and enjoy time out of the classroom
will be an enduring source of support, advice, in the conference center’s executive dining room, evening lounge, and fitness
and personal connection facilities. Off-campus social events include meals at faculty homes and outings
in Philadelphia, one of America’s most historic yet cosmopolitan cities, with
• Receive Wharton alumni status upon
world-class restaurants, theaters, sports and music venues, and more.
completion of AMP, becoming part of a
global alumni network with more than
100,000 members
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Highlights and
Key Outcomes The Partners’ Program
During the last two days of the on-campus session, your spouse, partner, or
other guest is invited to participate in the Partners' Program, which features
select AMP sessions and social activities. Participants welcome this shared
experience and find it greatly enhances and eases their return to home and
Mindfulness and Reflection
work. The Partners’ Program happens during Module 6 of the modular AMP or
Through guided reflection, you will think deeply
during Week 5 of the fully on-campus version.
about how to reenter your organization. With an
emphasis on being a true leader of leaders, you
will determine how you can best leverage what Global Emphasis
you learned in the program to develop those Because most companies today are international in ways both large and small,
working for you. Lead faculty will share their AMP builds your skills in working across boundaries, leading geographically
greatest challenges and triumphs, including the diverse teams, and developing a deeper knowledge of global markets and
training of NASA astronauts and elite military geopolitics. Faculty bring new insights developed on the ground from their
forces and leading teams to the summit of extensive work with companies in India, Africa, Europe, and South America.
Mount Everest. Your global perspective and connections with leaders from around the world
will grow exponentially.
On-campus AMP includes an off-site retreat
designed to deepen your thinking on leadership
and reflect on the program’s lessons and the
ways in which you will personally apply them.
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In addition to presidents, chief executive officers, and other senior executives,
past participants have included successful entrepreneurs, media and
Participant Profile
technology executives, and leaders of nonprofit organizations.
A high level of English language proficiency is necessary to actively engage in
group discussions and reading assignments. Scores for the Test of English for
International Communication (TOEIC), taken within the past two years, must
AMP is for executives who are ready to take be 800 or higher.*
a bold next step to accelerate the trajectory
of their careers. This program is designed for The Admissions Committee may require that the AMP Candidate Nomination
senior executives who are within three reporting Form be completed before making a decision on your application. This form
relationships of the CEO or managing director of must be completed by your CEO, division president, or other nominator
their organizations. While participants come from who can attest to your professional achievements and provide additional
diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, information about your career goals.
they share several key qualities. Specifically, *If you have less than one year of experience working in an English-speaking environment, or if
this program is for dynamic, ambitious, and you are unsure about your current level of English, please contact us immediately at
execed@[Link]. We will schedule an appointment for you to speak with one of our
multidimensional executives who:
language specialists about our business English language programs. The Admissions Committee
• Motivate by example and have the vision, may also require an interview by phone.
leadership capabilities, influence, and
business acumen to lead effectively in a
world of uncertainty and complexity job titles
• Seek a learning experience that provides • CEO, CFO, and other C-Suite • Board Member
an opportunity for deeply personal self- • General Manager • Country Head
assessment
• Managing Director • Regional Director
• Possess substantial experience in a variety
of vertical industry groups, business • VP, SVP, and EVP • Principal
disciplines, regions, and cultures • President • Partner
• Founder
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industry
Participant Profile
recently attended companies:
• Banco Bradesco
• Cleveland Clinic
• Coca-Cola
• Petronas
• Samsung
• Saudi Aramco
• Virgin Mobile
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Executive Coaching
Your Advanced Management Program
experience will be enhanced through individual
coaching sessions that begin before the
program and extend beyond the close.
Coaching not only supports your learning
during the fast-paced program but also helps
you make the transition back to your workplace.
It provides an intentional opportunity to take a The modular version of the Advanced Management Program offers an
step back for reflection, an incredibly valuable expanded coaching experience to provide additional support and connection
learning habit many senior executives don’t take for both participants and coaches between the live online classes. Participants
the time to do. Because of the positive impact in the modular version of AMP will receive 10 individual coaching sessions.
of coaching, many Advanced Management
The on-campus Advanced Management Program consists of five consecutive
Program participants choose to retain their
coach for months or years after the official weeks on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. The
sessions end. experience includes five individual coaching sessions that are conducted
during and soon after the completion of AMP.
Small-group coaching is also a part of the
Advanced Management Program. You will
receive real-time feedback throughout the
program as you share your goals and current
challenges with your group. During experiential
learning sessions, you will experiment with
your stretch goals and have the opportunity
to practice new behaviors and make changes
during the AMP. Your group is a learning support
for each other, and the issues you choose to
work on can be reshaped during the program.
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Faculty
Michael Useem, PhD
Faculty Chairperson
William and Jacalyn Egan
Professor Emeritus of
Management; Faculty Director,
Center for Leadership and
McNulty Leadership Program,
Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania Michael Useem is a professor of management and the director of Wharton’s
Center for Leadership and Change Management. He teaches MBA and
executive MBA courses on leadership and change, and he offers programs on
leadership, teamwork, governance, and decision making for managers in the
United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He also works on leadership
development and governance with many companies and organizations in the
private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
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ADDITIONAL FACULTY
The interactive and intensive nature of AMP allows participants to work closely with some of the finest minds and thought leaders in
the world of business. Following is a partial list of participating Wharton faculty. (Faculty for specific runnings may change.)
Gad Allon, PhD Erika James, PhD David Reibstein, PhD Prasanna Tambe, PhD
Jeffrey A. Keswin Professor; Dean; Reliance Professor of William Stewart Woodside Associate Professor of Operations,
Professor of Operations, Information Management and Private Enterprise; Professor; Professor of Marketing, Information and Decisions,
and Decisions; Director, Jerome Professor of Management, The Wharton School The Wharton School
Fisher Program in Management & The Wharton School
Technology, The Wharton School Nancy Rothbard, PhD Christian Terwiesch, PhD
Rodrigo Jordan, PhD Deputy Dean; David Pottruck Andrew M. Heller Professor;
Lisa Aronson Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership Professor; Professor of Management, Department Chairperson and Professor
Co-Lead Executive Coach and Change Management, The Wharton School of Operations, Information and
The Wharton School; Executive Decisions; Co-Director, Mack Institute
Quinn Bauriedel Vice President, Vertical SA G. Richard Shell, JD for Innovation Management, The
Speaker, Pig Iron Theatre Company Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor Wharton School; Professor of Health
John Kanengieter of Legal Studies & Business Ethics; Policy, Perelman School of Medicine,
Brian Bushee, PhD Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership Professor of Management, University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor of and Change Management, The Wharton School
Accounting; Senior Vice Dean of The Wharton School; Director, James D. Thompson, PhD
Teaching and Learning, Kanengieter Consulting Group Nadya Shmavonian Adjunct Associate Professor,
The Wharton School Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership Management Department, The
Rahul Kapoor, PhD and Change Management, The Wharton School; Adjunct Associate
Emilie Feldman, PhD David W. Hauck Professor; Professor of Wharton School; Senior Advisor, Professor at the School of Social
Michael L. Tarnopol Professor; Management, The Wharton School SeaChange Capital Partnerss Policy and Practice, University of
Professor of Management,
Pennsylvania
The Wharton School Jeff Klein Nicolaj Siggelkow, PhD
Executive Director, McNulty David M. Knott Professor; Professor Jules H. van Binsbergen, PhD
Mauro Guillén, PhD Leadership Program; Lecturer, The of Management; Co-Director, Mack The Nippon Life Professor in Finance;
William H. Wurster Professor of Wharton School and the School of Institute for Innovation Management, Professor of Finance,
Multinational Management; Vice Dean, Social Policy and Practice, University The Wharton School The Wharton School
MBA Program for Executives of Pennsylvania
Harbir Singh, PhD Ilene Wasserman, PhD
Raghuram Iyengar, PhD Mary-Hunter McDonnell, JD, Mack Professor; Professor of Co-Lead Executive Coach; President,
Miers-Busch, W’1885 Professor; PhD Management; Co-Director, Mack ICW Consulting Group
Professor of Marketing; Faculty Director Associate Professor of Management, Institute for Innovation Management;
of Innovation, Experiential Learning The Wharton School; Faculty Co- Wharton School Faculty Director for David Wessels, PhD
and Research Initiatives, Analytics at Director, Zicklin Center for Governance the Huntsman Program in International Adjunct Professor of Finance,
Wharton, The Wharton School and Business Ethics Studies and Business, The Wharton The Wharton School
School
Samir Nurmohamed, PhD
Associate Professor of Management,
The Wharton School
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MODULAR:
On Campus and
Live Online Schedule
five modules: on campus and live online
module 1: march 1 – 11, 2026 • philadelphia, pa
module 2: april 1 – 4, 2026 • live online
module 3: april 22 – 25, 2026 • live online
module 4: may 13 – 16, 2026 • live online
module 5: june 8 – 19, 2026 • philadelphia, pa
ON CAMPUS
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MODULE 1
MANAGEMENT
sample program schedule* PROGRAM
Program Registration Leadership Navigation Developing and Creating and Hogan Assessments Leading for Exceptional
Challenge x Managing Innovation Sustaining Competitive x Introduction xTeams
x Capability Advantage
Community Building
x
break break break
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MODULE 1
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sample program schedule* CONTINUED
PROGRAM
x x x x
LUNCH
LUNCH LUNCH
Developing Your
xLeadership x Developing and Executive Coaching
Managing Innovation
x Capability (continued)
x x break
Team Coaching
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LIVE ONLINE
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Sample Program Program
Schedule *
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sample program schedule PROGRAM
x x x
x Discovery-Driven Planning Managing Corporate Acquisitions Adaptive Leadership
Strategic Assets
x
x x x x
break break
Customer-Driven Innovation Team Coaching: Session 2
x x
x x break break
Social Enterprise Project Introduction Module II Debrief
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MODULE 3
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sample program schedule PROGRAM
x x x
x Financial Accounting Corporate Strategy and Valuation Linking Operations Management to
Financial Performance
break x
Macroeconomic Outlook
LUNCH OPTIONAL LUNCH
break
x x x x Module III Wrap-Up
break
x x
break break
DINNER
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MODULE 4
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sample program schedule* PROGRAM
x x x x
break
Module IV Wrap-Up
x x
x x
break break break
Executive Speaker Series Social Enterprise Project Group Work Team Coaching: Session 3
DINNER
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Sample Program Program
Schedule *
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MODULE 5
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sample program schedule PROGRAM
Welcome and the Pig Iron Theatre Communication AI and Business Rowing on the CEO Perspective
Week Ahead Companyx Styles Innovation x Schuylkill River x
x
Leadership Venture
break Lunch at Boathouse
*Working lunch at SCC x
Crisis Leadership
and break timing will
be determined the
day of* OPTIONAL LUNCH
LUNCH
x x x x
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MODULE 5 (continued)
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x x x x LUNCH LUNCH
x x
break break
Free time/change
Team Coaching: Diversity Panel Change for Partners
Free Time for graduation
Session 4 Discussion Reception festivities
Dinner break DINNER
BBQ AT MIKE included
USEEM'S HOUSE PARTNERS GRADUATION
DINNER DINNER
RECEPTION EVENTS
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SCHEDULE
program dates:
september 27 – october 30, 2026 • philadelphia, pa
ON CAMPUS
Advanced Management Program WEEK 1
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sample program schedule
Community ACTIVITY
Leadership Developing Social Enterprise Leading for Individual Coaching
Building Navigation and Managing Project Introduction Exceptional Teams Sessions
Does Marketing
Challenge Really Matter? Innovation Capability
(continued) Discovery-Driven
Planning
The Value of Your break
Brand
Developing and break
break
Weekly Wrap-Up
free time
Wine Tasting Event
DINNER RECEPTION DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER
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Advanced Management Program WEEK 2
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Advanced Management Program WEEK 3
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Executive
Mindfulness
DINNER
DINNER
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Advanced Management Program WEEK 4
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Individual Coaching The Week Ahead Team Coaching CEO Viewpoint: Leadership and Check Out
Sessions New Complexities Integrity
break break
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PLAN YOUR
STAY WITH US
Most Wharton Executive Education programs are
offered on the University of Pennsylvania campus in
Philadelphia. Located between New York City and
Washington D.C., Philadelphia is easily accessible
from most major cities around the world.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Your Philadelphia program fee includes hotel
Wharton staff took a accommodations. Most participants stay at the
lot of the stress out of the Steinberg Conference Center, a 103-room full-service
hotel and classroom facility on Penn’s campus.
logistical concerns so I could
There are also several other hotels available nearby,
really focus on absorbing the including the Hilton Inn at Penn.
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