UNICON’s members are the most successful, relevant, and sought-after learning partners for leaders and organizations. Our consortium provides new knowledge, inspiration, perspectives, capabilities, and a global network of colleagues to its membership. They stay at the forefront of the industry and together help create the future of the Executive Education industry. UNICON’s primary activities include conferences, research, benchmarking, sharing of best practices, staff development, recruitment/job postings, information‐sharing, and extensive networking among members. All UNICON’s services center around the business and practice of executive education.
UNICON is a global consortium of business‐school‐based executive education organizations with over 115 members worldwide. Our members are the faces of UNICON who make up our organization and help us fulfill our mission of providing executive educational professionals with the best resources they need to stay informed and succeed. We are fortunate to have members of diverse backgrounds, experience and expertise in education. Each member is vital to keeping UNICON on the cusp of industry trends and establishing us as a leader in the executive education industry.
UNICON and its members provide a global reference for executive education. UNICON helps its members with developing their university-based executive education and better serving their clients through building alliances, developing unique products and services and providing outlets for collaboration. As a result, our members become the most sought-after learning partners and help shape the future of executive education. UNICON fosters the growth of university-based executive education by helping its members serve their clients better.
Our community of member organizations accelerates the growth of leaders and managers through executive development initiatives, ultimately enhancing performance in public and private organizations globally.
Using collaboration to enhance the professionalism, effectiveness, and leadership of university-based executive education departments.
Creating forums to promote communication and support among leaders in executive education.
Providing products and services that enable providers to identify and fulfill client needs.
Building alliances with other organizations that also are industry experts in their field.
UNICON is comprised of schools that share a passion for executive development. Among our members, we build a community based on respect and collaboration.
UNICON draws from the expertise of our members to research and disseminate benchmarking data in executive development. We create an open dialogue with our members to gain insights to improve our executive education offerings.
UNICON’s services and products are designed to serve the needs of our members as well as supporting the overall growth of the university market.
UNICON membership keeps you and your team at the forefront of the executive development landscape, enabling you and your team to compete and win in the marketplace in the ways best suited to your school.
You and your institution will be part of a consortium of the world’s leading providers of University-based Executive Education (UBEE) and be able to display the logo of UNICON reflecting the quality of your unit and programming, raising your credibility at the country, regional and international level.
You and your institution will be invited to the three annual conferences and other dedicated events that are hosted by member schools from the consortium. The Directors conference brings together senior leaders to focus on strategic issues at UBEE’s. The annual conference convenes leaders focusing on a core theme. The team conference is a larger conference that addresses core themes and then allows functional specialization, namely business development, program delivery and management, and then program administration. Members tell us the true value is the ability to form personal networks and relationships, seek out collaboration opportunities, and learn from the expertise of other members.
You and your institution will be able to influence, contribute to, and receive access to leading-edge industry research and events to assist your leaders and team members to stay informed on critical issues impacting the UBEE industry.
You and your institution, if you contribute, will gain access to the results of an annual industry benchmarking survey that reports aggregate, regional, and segmented data on key performance areas relevant to UBEE providers. You can also benefit from purchasing peer-benchmarking reports.
Every one of your team members has the opportunity to join groups of 5-8 peers for curated conversations in quarterly “coffee-group” virtual dialogue.
You and your institution can enroll and contribute to The UNICON Learning Community on the Volute platform. Discussion topics include leveraging technology, marketing and program design, and industry trends and disruptions. As an extension of The Learning Community, leaders and staff can arrange their quarterly coffee-group virtual talks on the Volute platform which enables additional communication and item-sharing as well as AI note-taking of your live meet-ups.
You and your institution can enroll in the UNICON Leadership Academy. Now in its eighth year, the academy attracts about 25 global mid to senior-level UBEE aspiring leaders that aim to develop their strategic mindsets and leadership capabilities to grow and expand their organization’s impact. The Academy is led by two experienced Emeritus Board members.
You and other leaders from your institution, should they meet the criteria, can be selected to be members of the UNICON committees. These committees include membership, research, benchmarking, communications, conferences, continuity, and finance. Service on these committees allows colleagues to network globally throughout the year providing individual and school visibility with peer schools. It can also act as a pathway to UNICON Board membership.
You and your institution would be invited to special convenings of member schools to engage on issues where the collective voice is more impactful than members engaging individually. An example is when UNICON engaged the Financial Times publication to understand their UBEE ranking criteria better, given the impact that changes in rankings had on the commercial operations of member schools.
Founded in 1972 as an association of graduate-level executive education program directors, UNICON has evolved to be a driving force in the rapidly-changing mosaic of lifelong learning. UNICON now has over 1150 active individuals at 115 institutions around the world. 2022 marks our 50th anniversary where we will be celebrating 50 years of collaboration, innovation and evolution.
The first non-U.S. Chairperson was elected to head the consortium. Of the seventy member schools, twenty-three are outside the U.S.
MoreThe first non-U.S. Chairperson was elected to head the consortium. Of the seventy member school, twenty-three are outside the U.S.
MoreDoes your business school have a serious commitment to quality executive education and development and is interested in joining UNICON? Learn more about our application process, including membership criteria, policies, guidelines, and more.
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