Executive Development Shaping Leaders, Driving Results

A Campus Designed Specifically for Executives

The Rizzo Conference Center is a dedicated learning environment built for the sole purpose of executive development.  

Partnering for Success

We work closely with your team to understand your needs and create programs aligned to your business objectives.  

About Executive Development

For over fifty years, UNC Executive Development has partnered with organizations to create customized programs to answer their business challenges.

In 2013, the Financial Times ranked UNC Kenan-Flagler No. 8 overall in the world and No. 4 in the United States for its customized development and business education programs that help organizations address these challenges.  UNC Kenan-Flagler also ranked highly in many individual categories, notably as No. 2 in the world for value and No.1 in the United States.

UNC Executive Development ranked among the top 5 schools internationally on the following criteria:

  • Value for money
  • Program design
  • Preparation
  • Teaching methods
  • Faculty
  • Future use

UNC Executive Development ranked among the top 10 schools internationally on the following criteria:

  • New skills and learning
  • Aims achieved
  • Facilities
Our current Financial Times Rankings

Annual Client Survey*

What do our client partners say about working with UNC Executive Development?

  • 100% report that UNC Executive Development had a positive impact on the effectiveness of their leaders to address key business imperatives.
  • 100% are highly likely to recommend us to others as a preferred provider.
  • 100% are very satisfied with the quality of UNC Executive Development’s faculty and program delivery.

And the #1 reason our clients chose UNC Executive Development as a custom executive education provider remains our focus on partnership - specifically, our capacity to effectively work with clients to develop and deliver programs. Value, flexibility and our customer-centered approach were also ranked high.

*All statistics and quotes taken from the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Annual Client Surveys. The UNC Executive Development Annual Client Survey is 100% independently administered by Client Opinions, Inc. of Chapel Hill, NC and only represents actual results from current, previous and past client responses.

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Impactful Education for Executives

Listen to a UNC Executive Development program participant talk about that he gained from his executive education experience at UNC.

UNC Executive Development - Tina Narron

Building Long-Term Relationships

This video summarizes why UNC puts such emphasis on building long-term relationships with its clients.

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A Culture of Excellence at Kenan-Flagler

A professor discusses Kenan-Flagler's culture of excellence in teaching, education, research, and service to the community and to the world.