Kellogg Executive Education and the Kellogg Center for Executive Women are partnering with Poker Power to offer a unique and highly innovative program designed for mid- to senior-level executives. Through the game of poker, participants will learn key leadership skills in an educational, supportive, engaging and entertaining environment.
Grounded in our faculty’s expertise, the program content will address everyday matters such as decision-making, negotiation, emotional intelligence and nonverbal communication. These topics lie beneath the surface in a game of poker and successful players know how to use them to their advantage. Executives deal with these same issues throughout their careers and can also learn to leverage them for their own success. Through a highly interactive approach, participants will discover how to enhance their careers by learning to:
“Not only have I learned a new skill and gained a ton of new insights into how to make better decisions and be the best version of myself, but it has also been awesome to learn that so many other executives struggle with the same things I do, such as a lack of confidence.”
Past Participant
Incentives available for groups and teams of four or more attending open enrollment programs. Learn more
Please contact us to schedule an advising session
Please note: no prior poker experience required.
Decision-making
Emotional Intelligence
Negotiation
Regret
Foundations of Finance
Gail Berger - Academic Director; Clinical Associate Professor of Management & Organizations; Deputy Director, Center for Executive Women; Associate Professor of Instruction, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering
Maria Konnikova - a New York Times best-selling author, journalist, and professional poker player
Victoria Medvec - Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management & Organizations; Executive Director of the Center for Executive Women
Mitchell A. Petersen - Glen Vasel Professor of Finance; Director of the Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Brian Uzzi - Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change Co-Director, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
February 5-7 & February 10-13, 2025 Start: February 5 at 9:00 AM End: February 13 at 11:00 AM
Program: Poker Tournament: This Approval Program is limited to individuals with specific business experience. All applications will be subject to review and approval from the program’s Academic Directors. |
$8,400 |
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