Resource Library

White Papers

UNC Executive Development white papers offer a sampling of the latest talent development research and highlight best practices designed to help you and your organization create effective solutions for your executive development challenges.

• Building a Resilient Organizational Culture
• The Big Data Talent Gap
• Got Game?  The Use of Gaming in Learning and Development
• Developing Leaders in a VUCA Environment
• Wired to Learn:  How New Technologies Are Changing L&D Delivery
• Beyond Smiley Sheets:  Measuring the ROI of Learning and Development
• Leadership Agility: Using Improv to Build Critical Skills
• Talent Builders: Lead the Way in Developing Your People
• Ready to Serve: How and Why You Should Recruit Veterans
• The New Business Imperative: Recruiting, Developing and Retaining Women in the Workplace
• Maximizing Millennials in the Workplace
• How to Build Trust in an Organization
• Embracing Open–Book Management to Fuel Employee Engagement and Corporate Sustainability
• Charting a Course During Uncertain Times
• The Recruiting Revolution: How Technology is Transforming Talent Acquisition
• Developing Real Skills for Virtual Teams
• Closing the Gaps in Leadership Development
• Focusing on Employee Engagement: How to Measure and Improve It
• Rethinking Generation Gaps in the Workplace: Focus on Shared Values
• How to Help Leaders Succeed: A Guide to Successful Executive Career Transitions
• Ready, Aim Coach: How HR Can (and Should) Coach Managers on Employee Problem Behaviors
• Passing the Torch: 5 Steps for Turning the Baby Boomer Brain Drain into a Brain Trust
• Unlocking the Potential of On-Demand Learning in the Workplace
• Putting Success Back in Succession Planning
• Making the Case for Learning and Development: 5 Steps for Success
• Learning from Experience: The Missing Link in Executive Development

Several of our Executive Development white papers on talent development issues have been combined in ideas@work. This journal has been developed to share some of the ideas and experiences we've gained from working with our partners, and to highlight best practices from other organizations.

• ideas@work Volume 1
• ideas@work Volume 2
• ideas@work Volume 3
• ideas@work Volume 4

Webinars

UNC Executive Development webinars tackle current talent development issues faced by today's HR and talent development professionals.

• The Art of Talent Management Execution
• Putting the Success Back Into Succession Planning: The Role of Learning and Development
• Making Your Company a Talent Factory
• Leading Enterprise-Wide Change: From Inspiration to Implementation
• The Future of Virtual Learning and Collaboration

Interviews

• This eView tackles the following question: “How can companies build talent faster and better than the competition?” and the individuals being interviewed are Marc Effron, Corey Seitz and Jim Shanley, who also lead UNC's Talent Management Institute program. You have the option of reading the transcript of each interview or listening to a podcast of the interviews.

• The UNC Insights Series features excerpts from interviews with UNC Kenan-Flagler professors on a variety of business topics. The complete interviews are available as podcasts and as individual, edited articles by request.
  
  UNC Insights Series: Innovation - In this paper, Kenan-Flagler faculty discuss how innovation contributes to a company's success, why doing what is most effective can be so difficult, and what steps to take to overcome obstacles and employ innovation advantageously.

Surveys

UNC Executive Development fields research and surveys on pressing talent development issues.

• UNC Leadership Survey 2013:  High-Potential Leadership
   - see the press release on the survey findings

• UNC Leadership Survey 2012: Women in Business
  - see the press release on the survey findings

Newsletters

UNC Executive Development produces two e-newsletters. Click on the following links to visit the e-newsletter archives of each:

• UNC Executive Development News - Includes links to articles, blog entries, open enrollment program news, and reports designed to contribute to your ongoing professional growth
• UNC Talent Development News - Includes links to white papers, interviews, surveys, webinars, blog entries, and articles on talent development issues designed for senior HR management

To receive our Executive Development e-newsletters, our white paper journal - ideas@work, and additional information about white papers, surveys, interviews and webinars, please register here.

Video

UNC Executive Development has videos of Kenan-Flagler faculty, Executive Development staff and open enrollment program participants discussing the importance of executive development, leadership and programs.