Advanced Management Program

Demands on senior leaders have never been greater. In an atmosphere of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, you need to act more decisively and think more strategically. Pivots are required and disruption can’t take you by surprise. You must possess a level of foresight, agility, and resilience that your predecessors never imagined.

Wharton’s Advanced Management Program (AMP) will prepare you to meet those demands and give you the knowledge, skills, and instincts to reach new career heights. In five dynamic, transformational weeks, your greatest potential will be tapped. In addition to learning the latest business practices, insights, and trends, you will examine yourself as a leader, exploring your strengths and challenges, developing a leadership philosophy and greater leadership presence, and deepening your emotional intelligence. Through your investment in AMP, you can expect both professional and personal breakthroughs.

Highlights and Key Outcomes

In the Advanced Management Program, you will:

• Develop a highly informed global perspective that will help your organization seize new opportunities and compete successfully well into the future
• Turn the latest theories and best practices in marketing, finance, strategy, and innovation into actionable strategies
• Lead with greater purpose and presence to better meet strategic objectives and inspire others
• Deepen your self-awareness through individual and peer coaching, faculty mentoring, and a powerful off-site leadership retreat
• Master key leadership skills including negotiating and harnessing the power of emotional intelligence
• Build a strong global network of peers who will be an enduring source of support, advice, and personal connection
• Receive Wharton alumni status upon completion of AMP, becoming part of a global alumni network with more than 99,000 members

A Learning and Living Community

During the Advanced Management Program, you will become part of an exclusive community of highly experienced senior leaders who come to Wharton from around the world. Your cohort is limited to about 55 executives, representing a wide range of sectors, industries, and companies. Together, in a setting designed to foster collaboration and connection, you will explore the latest research and best practices in every business discipline, discussing challenges and trends with Wharton’s world-renowned expert faculty, CEOs, and other senior leaders on the front lines of business today.

Unlike similar programs, there are no elective sessions in AMP: participants come to Wharton ready for an active experience and a high level of engagement with fellow participants. You will share your current leadership challenges, and put your knowledge and skills to the test in field experiences designed to engage and educate. The connections you forge will become a lifelong personal and professional network, keeping the AMP experience relevant well into the future.

Wharton’s whole-person approach also includes addressing the community, social, and physical aspects of senior leadership. You will work in a small group on a social enterprise project that taps your collective business acumen, expertise, and connections to address a pressing societal need. You will experience executive mindfulness sessions, and enjoy time out of the classroom in the conference center’s executive dining room, evening lounge, and fitness facilities. Off-campus social events include meals at faculty homes and outings in Philadelphia, one of America’s most historic yet cosmopolitan cities, with world-class restaurants, theaters, sports and music venues, and more.

During the last two days of the program, your spouse, partner, or other guest is invited to participate in the Partners' Program, which features select AMP sessions and social activities. After more than four weeks of absence, participants welcome this shared experience and find it greatly enhances and eases their return to home and work.

Global Emphasis

Because most companies today are international in ways both large and small, AMP builds your skills in working across boundaries, leading geographically diverse teams, and developing a deeper knowledge of global markets and geopolitics. Faculty bring new insights developed on the ground from their extensive work in China through the parallel CHAMP program (China’s AMP), as well as companies in India, Africa, Europe, and South America. Your global perspective and connections with leaders from around the world will grow exponentially.