MIT Sloan Leadership Conference Addresses Need for New Approaches to Leadership Amidst Changing...

Business Editors/Education Writers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2003

With traditional models of corporate effectiveness under scrutiny,

executives from Fidelity, IBM, NIKE, and other organizations

gather to discuss value of "Unconventional

From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, the resignations and terminations of high-profile leaders have made it clear that leadership is not a right but a responsibility. For current leaders to be successful and to win back the trust of their investors, partners, customers, and employees, they must establish new modes of operating. This changing landscape of leadership will be addressed at the fifth annual MIT Sloan Leadership Conference, Saturday, October 25, from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. at the Tang Center, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts. With the recent appointment of MIT Sloan leadership lecturer and alumnus, John Reed, as interim chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, the MIT Sloan School and its graduates are at the forefront of leadership challenges and insights.

The MIT Sloan Leadership Conference brings leaders from business and society to its campus to address timely issues in leadership. This year's conference program "Unconventional Leadership: Exploring New Perspectives," will include speeches, discussions, and panels with prominent corporate leaders such as Laura Cronin, CFO, Fidelity Investments; Dusty Kidd, V.P. of Compliance, NIKE;Hyrum Smith, co-chair and founder; FranklinCovey; and Robert Shipley, general manager, Unilever North America.

The 2003 MIT Sloan Leadership Conference will add a new dimension by welcoming innovative leadership trainers such as MIT Sloan Professor Barbara Lanebrown and highly regarded institutions like the GE Jack Welch Leadership Center, the Dale Carnegie Institute, and the ImprovAsylum. Conference attendees will hear the latest in original thinking about unconventional leadership as a winning and sustainable approach in any business era.

For more information about the 2003 Sloan Leadership Conference, including the schedule and registration instructions, please visit: www.SloanLeader.com/Conference.

About the MIT Sloan Leadership Forum

The MIT Sloan Leadership Forum is a student-run club that augments the academic program in Leadership at the MIT Sloan School of Management by providing a venue for visiting leaders to come and speak about their experiences, practical leadership development activities, and interaction among students designed to improve self-knowledge and leadership skills.

About the MIT Sloan School of Management

For over fifty years the MIT Sloan School of Management, based in Cambridge, Mass., has been one of the world's leading academic sources of innovation in management. The School's mission is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice.