The Wharton School and the Human Capital Institute Offer Networking Event

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Human Capital Institute (HCI), today announced that management consultant and author Lance Berger will speak at a complimentary networking breakfast. The event, co-sponsored by Wharton Programs for Working Professionals, the Wharton Center for Human Resources, HCI, and Sequent, will take place on Wharton’s campus in Philadelphia on Tuesday, May 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m..

In a presentation titled Sustaining Organizational Excellence: Even in a Perpetually Disruptive Job Market, Berger will discuss how executives and professionals can create their own dynasties of excellence by applying human capital lessons culled from the New York Yankees and other sports dynasties to their own organizations.

One of the biggest human capital challenges in the next 20 years will be successfully managing organization disruption created by the large scale exodus of the baby boomers, said Allan Schweyer, HCI’s executive director. At this session, Lance Berger will illustrate how a small number of sports dynasties have shown that it is possible to sustain organizational excellence even in a perpetually disruptive job market.

Lance Berger is CEO of Lance A. Berger & Associates, Ltd. (LBA), a diversified management advisory firm that provides comprehensive organization, talent management, compensation, human resources, and change management services. The firm also publishes books, newsletters, and reports on talent management, compensation, and change management. The firm’s clients include Accenture, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, DuPont, Johnson & Johnson, and Sunoco, among others.

Prior to founding LBA, Berger served as managing partner of MLR, a worldwide business advisory, executive information, and communication concern. In conjunction with other premiere advisory firms, he developed a series of worldwide executive projects on human resources, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, strategy, corporate governance, and other critical business topics.

Before joining MLR, Berger was the Hay Group’s general partner accountable for the firm’s worldwide compensation business and coordinator all strategy and human resources practices.

Lance Berger is co-author of several books, including Management Wisdom from the New York Yankees’ Dynasty: What Every Manager Can Learn from a Legendary Team’s 80-Year Winning Streak. A respected industry leader, Berger has appeared on CNN and been quoted in The Wall Street Journal. He has also been a speaker for the United Nations, The Conference Board, the American Management Association, WorldatWork, the Society for Human Resource Management, as well as several other organizations.

The Philadelphia event is free and open to the public. Interested professionals should call 866-538-1909 to register. For a list of Human Capital Leadership events at prestigious universities throughout the U.S. and Canada, please visit: