According to long-time Wharton Business School professor, Stewart Friedman, one reason business has a legacy of having so many poor leaders is because it’s only fairly recently that companies have placed a premium on leadership development. In fact, only in the past several years have top MBA programs begun to put leadership training on par with their traditional financial curriculum elements.
In this comprehensive & highly informative discussion, Friedman explains why business schools mostly ignored leadership for decades, & shares how world events effectively forced them to begin teaching more humane managerial practices.
As we slowly emerge from the COVID-crisis, the experience that millions of people around the globe are having in working from home will have permanently changing them. One key outcome of this is that organizational leadership will need to quickly pivot and begin to authentically care about people not just as employees, but also with respect to how their work affects the other key aspects of their lives.
With the exception of a two-year stint at the director of leadership training at the Ford Motor Company, Friedman has been at Wharton since 1984. He’s the founder of the school’s leadership development program – in addition to its “Work/Life Integration Project. He’s also the author of “Total Leadership: Be A Better Leader, Have A Richer Life” & co-author of the brand new, “Parents Who Lead.”
Approaching the end of his teaching career, Stew reveals himself here as a being kind, thoughtful and compassionate human being (a man-in-full) who possesses extraordinary leadership wisdom to share. His insights, in fact, could prove life-changing!
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