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Michael Useem
William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management
Director, Center for Leadership and Change Management
Editor, Wharton Leadership Digest


Education:

PhD, Harvard University; MA, Harvard University; BS, University of Michigan.

Academic Appointment:

William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management, 1997-. Director, Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management, 1996-.

Recent Consulting:

Numerous programs on leadership, decision making, governance, and change with companies and organizations in the private, public, and non-profit sectors in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, including Abbott, American Express, Cargill, CEO Academy, Cisco, Coca-Cola, DuPont, Estee Lauder, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Morgan Stanley, New York Fire Department, Northrop Grumman, Petrobras, Pew Charitable Trusts, Samsung, Sprint, 3M, The New York Times, Toyota, Verizon, United Nations, U.S. Government, and World Economic Forum.

Websites:

Wharton Leadership Center

Wharton Leadership Conference

Wharton Leadership Digest

Wharton Leadership Programs

Wharton Nano Tools for Leaders

Washington Post On Leadership

Publications
Michael Useem (2011), The Leader’s Checklist: 15 Mission-Critical Principles (Expanded Edition), Wharton Digital Press
Michael Useem, Rodrigo Jordán, Matko Koljatic (2011), “How to Lead During a Crisis: Lessons from the Rescue of the Chilean Miners, MIT Sloan Management Review, V. 53, no. 1, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-7
Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh, Michael Useem (2011), The India Way: How India's Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management, Harvard Business Press. (Http://theindiaway.com/)
Michael Useem (2010), “Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership, Harvard Business Review, November, 2010. (Http://hbr.org/2010/11/four-lessons-in-adaptive-leadership/ar/1)
Howard Kunreuther, Michael Useem (2010), Learning from Catastrophes, Pearson. (Http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137044852)
Michael Useem (2006), "How Well-Run Boards Make Decisions," Harvard Business Review, November, 2006., Harvard Business Review

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Knowledge@Wharton
Davos 2012: 'Joblessness and Its Discontents' 02/01/2012
IBM's Sam Palmisano: 'Always Put the Enterprise Ahead of the Individual' 01/18/2012
Seven Top Leaders on Making Tough Calls and Serving for the Greater Good 12/09/2011
Global Protests Are an Indictment of Leadership and a Call for Leadership 11/22/2011
Limited Seating: Mixed Results on Efforts to Include More Women at the Corporate Board Table 10/26/2011
Wharton's Harbir Singh: How Indian Firms Can Take Advantage of Global Opportunities 10/20/2011

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Honors And Awards
Core teaching Award WEMBA East, 2011
Core teaching Award WEMBA West, 2011
Graduate Division Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
MBA for Executives Program Teaching Award, 2003-2011
MBA Core Teaching Award, 2003-2009
MBA for Executives Program Teaching Award, 2000-2001

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Useem Michael

Michael  Useem
2103 SH-DH
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA19104
Phone: (215) 898-7684
useem@wharton.upenn.edu

Personal Website

Research Interests:
Leadership, decision making, and governance; corporate change and restructuring; catastrophic and enterprise risk management.