Since 1984 Stew Friedman has been teaching at Wharton, where he is the Practice Professor of Management. In 1991 he founded both the Wharton Leadership Program—initiating the required MBA and Undergraduate leadership courses—and the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project. Stew served in the mental health field before earning his PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan. In 2001 he concluded a two-year assignment (while on leave from Wharton) at Ford Motor, as the senior executive for leadership development. Stew is the author of Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life (Harvard Business, 2014), a Wall Street Journal bestseller; Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family (Wharton Digital, 2013); and the award-winning national bestseller Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life (Harvard Business, 2008). The Total Leadership program is used worldwide, including by the 94,000 students in Stew’s MOOC. Stew is also the co-author of Work and Family – Allies of Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices with Jeff Greenhaus (Oxford, 2000).
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