This Week in Business

Host Jeff Klein and Anne Greenhalgh guide us through a presentation from the recent Wharton Leadership Conference, "A Journey from Hooters Waitress to Top Executive" with Kat Cole, Chief Operating Officer and President at FOCUS Brands, North America, on Leadership in Action. Kat discusses her career journey and her leadership style of "leading by influence" in this special episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boeing is partnering with Brazilian company Embraer in a $4.75 billion deal. Host Dan Loney speaks to Roger Clark, Founding Member and Managing Partner of The Clark Law Group and a visiting Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School-Camden, and Karl Moore, Professor of Management at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management, about the details of the deal and why Boeing is looking to expand into jetliners on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaron Terrazas, Senior Economist at Zillow, joins host Sam Chandan to discuss what trends he's currently seeing in the housing markets on The Real Estate Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan Ashford, Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organization and Chair of the Management and Organizations Group at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss how to thrive in a gig economy, and how to implement good leadership skills on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Schaefer, Chairman & Managing Director of the Volkswagen Group South Africa, joins hosts Katherine Klein and Nick Ashburn to discuss the new VW plant opening in Rwanda and how it is projected to impact the local economy on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric Orts, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, and Waheed Hussain, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, join host Dan Loney to discuss the rising backlash against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) where prominent companies such as McKinsey & Company are terminating service agreements in an effort to cut all affiliations with ICE on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Useem, Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School and co-host of Leadership in Action, and Andy Eavis, President of the International Union of Speleology and World Caving Authority, joins host Dan Loney to discuss the leadership strategies required for implementing the recent harrowing rescue mission of the youth soccer team trapped half a mile underground in Thailand on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Jeff Klein and Anne Greenhalgh guide us through a presentation from the recent Wharton Leadership Conference, "How Speaking Up Can Be a Turning Point for Culture Change" with Kelly Martin on Leadership in Action. Kelly is Chief of Fire and Aviation Management at Yosemite National Park and testified before Congress about sexual harassment that she experienced in her years with the National Park Service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, joins host Jeremy Schwartz to discuss the current US trade markets and recent developments across the globe on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Catharine Hays and Jenny Rooney talk with Nick Drake, Executive Vice President Marketing & Experience at T-Mobile USA, and Rick Gomez, CMO of Target, about their key takeaways from the recent Cannes Lions Festival in France on CMO Spotlight.Business Radio Monthly Special! CMO Spotlight is by CMOs, for CMOs - and everyone else who wants to know what today’s Chief Marketing Officers are thinking and doing, including where they are investing their time, energy, and resources for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.