WHYY presents The Linkage Leadership & Strategy Series
Four Sessions with Four of the World's Most Influential Business Thought Leaders
Gary Hamel
Leading the Revolution
October 26, 1999 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
In the new economy, the companies that create new wealth are truly revolutionaries: they upend long-held industry conventions, they fearlessly challenge the old guard, and they amaze their customers with products and services that could scarcely have been imagined a few years earlier. In his presentation, Dr. Hamel will lay out a clear plan of action for any company intent on becoming and staying an industry revolutionary.
Gary Hamel has "redefined the world of corporate strategy," according to Business Week. He is co-author of 'The Core Competence of the Corporation,' the most requested article in Harvard Business Review history, and the 1994 bestseller, Competing for the Future. A visiting professor at the London School of Business, he is the founder and chairman of Strategos.
Peter Senge
Thinking Systematically about Leadership and Change
November 10, 1999 10:30 am - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Senge will discuss how leaders at all levels of the organization can work with the forces that generate or impede deep change. In this presentation, you will learn about the strategies people follow to meet the challenges that arise naturally as a byproduct of significant change and the processes of personal growth and transformation which are the key to effective leadership development.
Peter Senge is the author of the widely acclaimed best-selling book, The Fifth Discipline, and co-author of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. Peter is a senior lecturer at the Sloan School at MIT, and the chairman of the Society of Organizational Learning.
Michael Porter
Leadership and Strategic Planning
November 17, 1999 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
In this presentation, Michael Porter addresses why planning in a period of incurable uncertainty means asking the right questions, not guessing answers. Professor Porter will also address planning alliances, joint ventures, understanding the importance of concentration and diversification and the need to manage foreign currency exposure.
Michael Porter is the author of 14 books and over 50 articles. He has advised every United States president since Ronald Reagan, as well as numerous foreign heads of state and CEO's. Dr. Porter's Competitive Strategy is currently in its 45th printing. He is the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
Warren Bennis
The New Leadership
December 1, 1999 10:30 am - 1 p.m.
Today's organizations are evolving into federations, networks, clusters, cross-functional teams, and ad hoc task forces - almost anything but top-down pyramids. The paradigm of top-down leadership has become obsolete. Warren Bennis discusses how the "New Leadership" must encompass inclusion and a new kind of alliance between the leaders and the led. You will learn the critical success factors to lead now and into the future while getting past the top-down model of leadership.
Warren Bennis is one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject of leadership. He has authored or edited over 25 books, including the best selling On Becoming a Leader, Leaders, and Organizing Genius. He has advised many top industrial leaders and four US presidents. He is a professor and founding chairman of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California.
Seating at WHYY for the Linkage Leadership and Strategy
Series will be limited, so make your reservation early. Click here for a printable reservation form. For more information, call 215-351-1699 or email workforce@whyy.org.
