Frequently Asked Questions

ExperienceBase helps executives to reflect on their experiences, to learn from their experiences and from those of others, and ultimately to accelerate their development as leaders.

See the white paper Learning from Experience: The Missing Link in Executive Development by James W. Dean Jr. and Jim Shanley

About 10-15 minutes.

This is up to each company, but on average about once a week. The idea behind this is that executives will have a least one substantial learning experience each week.

ExperienceBase is new. We piloted an earlier version with participants in our Executive Development Institute. The current version is being piloted by Microsoft Corporation.

We generally offer licenses to organizations for a period of one year, although longer periods are also an option.

The cost depends on a number of factors including:

• How many users the company has
• What level of support services are needed
• Whether the software is being used in an executive development program at UNC

Yes, there are many facets to ExperienceBase making it valuable in both settings.

Groups can be as small as six people or as large as fifty. It is important that the members of the group believe that they can learn from one another's experiences, and trust one another to enter accurate and useful information.

Yes, this is proprietary software developed by the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

In general, participants will use ExperienceBase in conjunction with a broader leadership development program. Using the software could be a central component of participation in a program.

Yes, but first we would need to know more about your specific needs.

We can provide faculty and/or facilitators to review participant data and provide one-on-one feedback or group sessions via webinars.

Yes. Questions can be customized based on your specific needs.