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\"Professor<\/a>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school. However, the educational experience you will have is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Today, we focus on\u00a0<\/em>Adam Grant\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a>from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to receiving multiple teaching awards at Wharton and having been named one of HR\u2019s \u201cMost Influential International Thinkers\u201d in many biennial rankings, Adam Grant is also reportedly a student favorite. The author of\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestsellers\u00a0Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy<\/em>\u00a0(Knopf, 2017; co-authored with Sheryl Sandberg),\u00a0Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World<\/em>\u00a0(Viking Press, 2016), and\u00a0Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success<\/em>\u00a0(Viking Press, 2013; named one of the best books of the year by Amazon), and more than 60 articles, Grant has received numerous awards for his research on work motivation, including a Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award from the Academy of Management, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution from the American Psychological Association, and a fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Grant\u2019s books have been translated into 35 languages.<\/p>\n

Grant was quoted in a past\u00a0Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>\u00a0profile of him as saying, \u201cThere is a long list of reasons that make me passionate about teaching, but every one revolves around the observation that we spend the majority of our waking hours at work, and there are many ways in which organizational psychology lets people lead more reward[ing] and productive work lives and makes the experience and organizations of others more productive, too.\u201d In addition, Wharton students quoted by\u00a0Poets&Quants<\/em>\u00a0once remarked of him, \u201cI\u2019m always struck by his humility (and humanity). It\u2019s actually more like a bedside manner, almost like charisma, but more humble and personable\u201d and \u201cAdam is an amazing teacher and friend. In both my classes with him, he\u2019s shown that in addition to being passionate about his subject matter, he really cares about his students. He also has an uncanny ability to remember the name of every student he teaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

For information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at Wharton or any of 16 other top business schools, check out our free <\/em>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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