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Shalini Bhatia, Stanford University, outgoing UNICON Board Chair, presenting the 2026 year in review

UNICON Year in Review | by 2025-26 Board Chair Shalini Bhatia

  • August 3, 2026

Shalini Bhatia, UNICON Board Chair 2025-26, looks back on twelve months of record participation, eight new member schools, four research reports

UNICON Annual Workshop 2026 IEDP Recap | MIT Sloan

UNICON Annual Workshop 2026 IEDP Recap | MIT Sloan

  • August 3, 2026
Executive Education Growth and the AI Boom | UNICON at Bloomberg

Executive Education Growth and the AI Boom | UNICON at Bloomberg

  • June 23, 2026
New Members: Koç University and Iscte Executive Education

New Members: Koç University and Iscte Executive Education

  • June 23, 2026
Tina Narron Receives UNICON Lifetime Achievement Award

Tina Narron Receives UNICON Lifetime Achievement Award

  • June 1, 2026

Research

Research
AI in Executive Education | UNICON and Nexed Insight Webinar: Key Research Findings

AI in Executive Education | UNICON and Nexed Insight Webinar: Key Research Findings

  • June 15, 2026

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Executive Learning at the Speed of Change — joint research report cover by Nexed Insight and UNICON, showing the Golden Gate Bridge at dusk alongside a reflective geometric structure symbolizing AI transformation

New Research and Webinar: AI in Executive Learning

  • June 1, 2026

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UNICON research webinar recap: eight strategic choices for university executive education leaders navigating lifelong learning and non-degree programming.

Executive Education & Lifelong Learning: UNICON Webinar Recap

  • March 26, 2026

Research
UNICON Leadership Academy applications now open for emerging executive education leaders

UNICON Leadership Academy: Applications Now Open | Develop Executive Education Leaders

  • March 2, 2026

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UNICON Research Webinar: Executive Education in the Age of Lifelong Learning – March 5th, Register Now

  • February 20, 2026

Research

What Women Want: UNICON & CarringtonCrisp Webinar Recap

  • February 13, 2026

Research

Two Months to Go: UNICON Directors’ Conference 2026, IMD – Leading in the Age of Intelligence

  • February 13, 2026

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UNICON research report cover: Executive Education in the Age of Lifelong Learning

NEW UNICON Research: Executive Education & Lifelong Learning

  • January 22, 2026

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2025 UNICON Benchmarking Survey: Sept 7th Extended Deadline

  • August 20, 2025

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UNICON Latest Paper: Leveraging B2B Account Management to Deliver Growth in Executive Education

  • October 2, 2024

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UNICON Research Talent in Executive Education

Research Webinar Explores Talent in Executive Education

  • October 1, 2024

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2024 UNICON Benchmarking Survey: September 8th (Final Deadline)

  • August 1, 2024

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ROI Revisited: Demonstrating The Business Case For Executive Education Programmes

  • December 7, 2023

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UNICON Research Report: “The Metaverse and Executive Education”

  • June 7, 2023

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UNICON Research

Research Reports Now Available on the UNICON Website

  • May 25, 2023

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UNICON Research: Hybrid Learning: The Post-Pandemic Landscape

  • April 20, 2023

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Employers See Benefits For Micro-credentials

  • March 1, 2023

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UNICON-Sponsored Research: Partnering Effectively With Intermediaries In The Executive Education Market – Tom Ryan

  • January 5, 2023

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AUC: The Corporate Learning and Development Landscape in Egypt

  • November 14, 2022

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UNICON Releases Two Research Reports

  • September 29, 2022

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Executive Summary Released: “Lifelong Learning and University-based Business Schools”

  • June 30, 2022

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UNICON Research Report: Selecting the Best Executive Education Partner: The Voice of the Customer

  • May 20, 2022

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AACSB: Five Forces Driving the Future of Business Education

  • May 20, 2022

Research

Exploratory Podcast: When you have something to teach, but even more to learn

  • April 22, 2022

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UNICON Research Report: Intermediation and Disintermediation in the Executive Education Market: Competing and Collaborating as a Response – Tom Ryan

  • February 15, 2022

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UNICON Research Report: What Are The Jobs To Be Done In The Future Of Executive Education? Tom Ryan

  • September 30, 2021

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Pedagogical Innovation: Best Practices Through the Perspective of some Major Business Schools Around the World

  • September 11, 2020

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Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Business Schools and Lifelong Learning

  • November 6, 2019

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UNICON Research Report the Changing Nature of Leadership

  • October 8, 2019

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UNICON-Sponsored Research – “Make Or Buy To Scale”

  • April 13, 2019

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ROI on Executive Education

  • April 2, 2019

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UNICON Spotlight

UNICON Spotlight
Kamran Bilgrami, Director, Center for Executive Education (CEE), IBA Karachi, UNICON

UNICON Spotlight: Kamran Bilgrami | IBA Karachi, Pakistan

  • June 23, 2026

UNICON Spotlight
Julia Shotwell, Assistant Director of Guest Services at Harvard Business School — UNICON Spotlight

UNICON Spotlight: Julia Shotwell, Harvard Business School

  • March 26, 2026

UNICON Spotlight

UNICON Spotlight: Maha Ismail, Director of Management and Operations Programs, Onsi Sawiris School of Business Executive Education

  • December 5, 2025

UNICON Spotlight
Dr. Charles Kiamie III, Assistant Dean at Georgetown McDonough School of Business, leading custom executive education programs

UNICON Spotlight: Dr. Charles Kiamie III, Georgetown McDonough

  • October 30, 2025

UNICON Spotlight
Russell Miller, Client Director at Cambridge Judge Business School, leading executive education programs

UNICON Spotlight: Russell Miller, Cambridge Judge

  • September 25, 2025

UNICON Spotlight
Carmen Eide - Business Leader in Sales, Marketing, and Business Development at Carlson Executive Education, University of Minnesota

UNICON Spotlight: Carmen Eide, Carlson Executive Education, University of Minnesota

  • August 28, 2025

UNICON Spotlight

UNICON Spotlight: Allison Sellman, Darden

  • July 2, 2025

UNICON Spotlight

UNICON Spotlight: Michelle Vaillancourt of HEC Montréal

  • March 27, 2025

UNICON Spotlight
Sheryl Axline, Stanford

Sheryl Axline, Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • February 27, 2025

UNICON Spotlight
University of Utah, Jason Sloan

Jason Sloan, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

  • January 28, 2025

UNICON Spotlight
Stuart Wells, Alliance Manchester Business School

Stuart Wells, Alliance Manchester Business School

  • December 12, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
Anthony Laffoley - UNC, UNICON Spotlight

Anthony Laffoley, Program Director, UNC Executive Development

  • November 14, 2024

UNICON Spotlight

Pauline Larère, emlyon business school

  • October 16, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
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Taylor Ganti, Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University

  • September 18, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
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Tammie Long, Emory Goizueta Business School

  • July 19, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
Andres Ibanez

Andrés Ibáñez, PUC Chile

  • June 10, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
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Carmen Taylor, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business

  • May 13, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
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Emily Cannon, Cambridge Judge, University of Cambridge

  • April 1, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
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Brianna Rennie from The Ivey Academy

  • March 5, 2024

UNICON Spotlight
Julie Harju

Julie Harju from MIT Sloan Executive Education

  • February 5, 2024

UNICON Spotlight

Matt McNeice of Queensland University of Technology

  • January 2, 2024

UNICON Spotlight

Lerato Mahlasela of the Gordon Institute of Business Science

  • December 4, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Wenche Martinussen of BI Norwegian Business School

  • November 5, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Darrin Hammer of Texas A&M University

  • October 6, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Alan Chen of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

  • September 5, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Debisu Hyde of Thunderbird Executive Education at Arizona State University

  • July 31, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Christopher Gentile of Smith School of Business at Queen’s University

  • June 20, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Stephanie Hodnett: Rotman School of Management

  • May 11, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Paul Kern of Wisconsin School of Business CPED

  • March 30, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Katarzyna Kozicz Fonseca of Nova School of Business & Economics

  • January 20, 2023

UNICON Spotlight

Anthony Corsino of Harvard Business School Executive Education

  • October 13, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Aileen Zhang of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

  • September 19, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Alex MacDougald of INSEAD Executive Education

  • August 8, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Jai Arya of National University of Singapore Business School

  • June 28, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Kieran MacCourt of Alliance Manchester Business School

  • June 6, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Gene Mage of Michigan Ross School of Business

  • April 27, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Darlene Webb of Northeastern University

  • April 11, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Bob O’Connor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

  • March 21, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Sharon Hou of the University of Pennsylvania

  • March 2, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Brendan Woo of Yale School of Management

  • February 1, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Aniya Iskhakava of IESE Business School

  • January 3, 2022

UNICON Spotlight

Ben Welch of Texas A&M University

  • December 6, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Mazi Raz of The Ivey Academy

  • November 21, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Kaitlin Dumont of Dartmouth College

  • October 29, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Marcele Gama of Fundação Dom Cabral

  • October 18, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Mohamed AbdelSalam of The American University in Cairo

  • September 21, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Luigi Pecoraro Ed. D. of Southern Methodist University

  • September 7, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Dennis Lanham of Santa Clara University

  • August 9, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Dr. Cüneyt Evirgen of Sabancı University

  • July 18, 2021

UNICON Spotlight

Rob Dietel of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • July 5, 2021

Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership
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The Exoskeleton for the Mind: How AI Will Redefine What It Means to Be a World-Class Educator

  • April 23, 2026

Thought Leadership
UNICON Tech Disruptors Group webinar screenshot — AI in B2B Account Management, March 2026, with guest speaker Tom Ryan

AI in B2B Executive Education | UNICON Tech Disruptors Meeting

  • March 26, 2026

Thought Leadership
AI in executive education, UNICON Tech Disruptors Group and CRM Group Webinar

What We’re Hearing in the UNICON Tech Disruptors Group: The Next Wave of EdTech Experiments

  • February 20, 2026

Event News
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Executive Education in Turbulent Times Webinar, Part II, Oct 2nd

  • October 3, 2025

Event News

Executive Education in Turbulent Times Webinar, Part II, Oct 1st

  • October 1, 2025

Thought Leadership
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UNICON 2025 Executive Director Report: Strengthening Global Executive Education

  • September 2, 2025

Thought Leadership
Shalini Bhatia, outgoing UNICON Board Chair and Director of Program and Business Development at Stanford GSB Executive Education

UNICON Board Chair 2025-26 Message | Shalini Bhatia

  • August 28, 2025

Research

2025 UNICON Benchmarking Survey: Sept 7th Extended Deadline

  • August 20, 2025

Event News
UNICON Webinar Series

Executive Education Leadership in Turbulent Times (UNICON Webinar Series)

  • July 2, 2025

Thought Leadership
UNICON CRM Special Interest Group meeting discussing challenges and opportunities in executive education

CRM Challenges in Executive Education: UNICON Group Meeting

  • June 5, 2025

Thought Leadership
UNICON EdTech News Hub AI-powered aggregator platform for executive education leaders

UNICON’s New EdTech Hub: AI-Powered News & Insights

  • June 5, 2025

Event News
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#UniconDirectors Conference in Hong Kong: Recap

  • May 25, 2024

Thought Leadership

Antitrust/Competition Policy: Reminder

  • March 20, 2024

Thought Leadership

Melanie Weaver Barnett: Why Universities for Executive Education?

  • September 27, 2023

Thought Leadership

Businessweek: Women Business Deans Meet to Share Challenges, Solutions

  • March 31, 2023

Thought Leadership

12 Foundations of Values-based Leadership for Sustainability From The 2022 UNICON Team Development Conference

  • January 31, 2023

Conference Highlights

Applying the SHIFT model of behavior change to executive education

  • January 6, 2023

Conference Highlights

Ten Pieces of Motivation and Inspiration From The UNICON Team Development Conference

  • December 10, 2022

Thought Leadership

Leadership Academy Completes Important Segment

  • December 9, 2022

Thought Leadership

Leadership Academy Participants Discuss Technology Trends in Executive Education

  • November 14, 2022

Thought Leadership

Welcome to the Future

  • October 11, 2022

Thought Leadership

How the Covid Pandemic Might Have Lasting Effects on Executive Education

  • October 4, 2022

Thought Leadership

Financial Times Relaunches “Business School Insider” Newsletter

  • October 4, 2022

Thought Leadership

Rankings Still Captivate

  • September 19, 2022

Thought Leadership

University World News: Micro-credentials: A new category of education is rising

  • September 9, 2022

Thought Leadership

Higher Ed Dive Interviews Mike Malefakis

  • September 6, 2022

Thought Leadership

Harvard Business School: University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

  • August 19, 2022

Thought Leadership

Financial Times: What companies really want from executive courses

  • May 20, 2022

Thought Leadership

Algorithmic Business Thinking: A Suitcase for Digital Destinations

  • February 18, 2022

Thought Leadership

A Letter to Business School Deans: The Real Impact Of University-Based Executive Education

  • January 28, 2021

Thought Leadership

How Will We Work?

  • August 21, 2020

Thought Leadership

AUC School of Business Executive Education Shifts to Live On-Line Learning

  • April 13, 2020

Thought Leadership

AUC School of Business Executive Education Shifts to Live On-Line Learning

  • April 13, 2020

Available Positions

Kellogg School of Management: Senior Director, Business Development

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  • August 6, 2026

Melbourne Business School: Learning Evaluation and Assessment Advisor

  • Melbourne, Australia (hybrid)
  • August 5, 2026

Melbourne Business School: Associate Principal, Client & Learner Solutions

  • Melbourne, Australia (hybrid)
  • August 5, 2026

Melbourne Business School: Principal Consultant-Client & Learner Solutions

  • Melbourne, Australia (hybrid)
  • August 5, 2026

UNICON: Education Director

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  • August 4, 2026

Tepper School of Business: Director, Executive Education Programs

  • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • July 7, 2026

Kelley School of Business, Indiana University: Associate Director of Business Development

  • Bloomington, Indiana, USA (within 4 hours driving)
  • June 26, 2026

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  • Barcelona, Spain
  • June 22, 2026
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Past Events

Conference Highlights
UNICON IMD Directors' Conference 2026, IEDP Report, AI in executive education

UNICON Directors’ Conference 2026: Leading in the Age of Intelligence | IEDP Report

  • May 12, 2026

Conference Highlights
UNICON Directors' Conference 2026 at IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland

UNICON Directors’ Conference 2026 Recap | IMD

  • April 21, 2026

Conference Highlights

UNICON Write-Up Now Available: Team Development Conference (TDC) 2025

  • December 4, 2025

Conference Highlights
UNICON Team Development Conference promotional image showing group of executive education professionals gathered outdoors at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School in Washington DC, November 2025

#UNICONTDC: Team Development Conference at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Washington D.C.

  • November 11, 2025

Conference Highlights
#UNICONDirectors

#UNICONDirectors: Executive Education Trends & Insights Report

  • May 28, 2025

Conference Highlights

UNICON Write-Up Now Available: Team Development Conference (TDC) 2024

  • December 12, 2024

Conference Highlights

#UNICONTDC: Team Development Conference at Nova SBE, Portugal

  • November 12, 2024

Conference Highlights
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UNICON Directors’ Conference 2024, 21-23 May, Hong Kong

  • February 5, 2024

Conference Highlights

IEDP Recap of the 2023 Team Development Conference Hosted By HEC Montréal

  • January 3, 2024

Conference Highlights

IEDP Recap of the 2023 Annual UNICON Workshop Hosted By Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

  • August 21, 2023

Conference Highlights

Impact: Society, Learning, Business – IEDP Impressions, insights and takeaways

  • May 16, 2023

Conference Highlights

Applying the SHIFT model of behavior change to executive education

  • January 6, 2023

Conference Highlights

Ten Pieces of Motivation and Inspiration From The UNICON Team Development Conference

  • December 10, 2022

Conference Highlights

2021 UNICON Team Development Conference Summary

  • December 29, 2021

Conference Highlights

2021 UNICON Annual Workshop Summary

  • July 14, 2021

Conference Highlights

2021 UNICON Directors’ Conference Summary

  • April 16, 2021

Conference Highlights

2020 UNICON Team Development Conference Summary

  • December 30, 2020

Conference Highlights

2019 UNICON Team Development Conference Summary

  • December 22, 2019

Conference Highlights

2019 UNICON Annual Workshop Summary

  • September 23, 2019

Conference Highlights

2019 UNICON Directors’ Conference Summary

  • July 31, 2019

Conference Highlights

2018 UNICON Team Development Conference Summary

  • January 29, 2019

Conference Highlights

2018 UNICON Directors’ Conference Summary

  • May 15, 2018

Conference Highlights

2017 UNICON Team Development Conference Summary

  • December 12, 2017

UNICON Recognition

UNICON Recognition

UNICON Emeritus

  • August 1, 2024

UNICON News

Bill Scheurer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

  • May 27, 2022

UNICON Recognition

UNICON Board Gives Mónica Sacristán Fanjul Lifetime Achievement Award

  • April 19, 2021

UNICON Recognition

Bill Shedden honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

  • July 31, 2017

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