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learn to lead.

At Vanderbilt, leadership development is not an add-on or afterthought; it is well integrated into the business school experience.

Learn more about the Leadership Experience at Vanderbilt.

At Vanderbilt, leadership development is not an add-on or afterthought; it is well integrated into the business school experience.

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By the numbers

36

The number of professional executive coaches we hire and work with each year as part of our Leadership Development Program for students and alumni.

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THE VANDERBILT ADVANTAGE

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The quality and depth of support that Vanderbilt Business students receive is typically reserved for high-level executives, and it reflects the latest thinking and best practices used by top organizations.

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LEADERSHIP LESSONS

Turnaround Man

Geoff Walker, MBA’94
Executive Vice President, Fisher-Price Global Brands Team

As a young marketing executive at Mattel, Geoff Walker found himself heading cross-functional brand teams with senior-level representatives of design, engineering and packaging, among others.

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Flight Plan on Course

Paul Jacobson, MBA’97, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Delta Air Lines

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Adena Friedman
Markets Master

Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, MBA’93, Charts the Future of Finance

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Steve Gruver
Making a Business Leader from an Engineer

Steve Gruver, Executive MBA’01, Co-CEO/Owner, Orchid International

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By the numbers

7

The number of essential signposts exhibited by high-potential leaders according to Korn Ferry, Vanderbilt's partner in the Leadership Development Program. Signposts include the ability to learn from experience and self-awareness.

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Leadership RoundTable

We invited five alumni from across four decades to participate in a roundtable discussion about leadership.  We asked one question:  What did you learn at Owen?  The conversation went something like this.

Five alumni share their thoughts on how Vanderbilt helped shape them as leaders.

We invited five alumni from across four decades to participate in a roundtable discussion about leadership.  We asked one question:  What did you learn at Owen?  The conversation went something like this.

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