Building executive education capacity
Executive Education Symposium, 13:30-16:00, 30 November, online
The Autumn Executive Education Symposium will explore how to upskill business school faculty to deliver executive education in today's uncertain environment. This strategic-level event will bring together experienced leaders of executive education teams who are looking to refresh their approach in today’s changed context and new entrants looking to expand their school’s brand and reach.
By attending the Symposium you will gain:
- Perspectives from clients, fellow business schools and professional exec ed providers about the key elements of great executive education in today's market
- Fresh ideas about how to harness your own business school's research to best effect to deliver great work in the world of the “new normal”
- New approaches to recruiting, developing and rewarding faculty to support and grow your executive education practice
- Insights into innovative, exciting ways in which business schools are delivering executive education in-person, online and in blended and hybrid ways
Speakers include:
Dina Dommett
Dean of Ashridge, Hult International Business School
Per Hugander
Strategic Advisor - Organisational Culture, SEB Bank
Professor Deborah Lock
Director, Birmingham City University Business School; Chair, Chartered ABS Executive Education Committee
Dr Pauline Parker
Director of MBA and Executive Education Portfolio, Kingston Business School
Dr Pamela Yeow
Assistant Dean, External Engagement, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London
13:30 Welcome and Chair's opening remarks
Professor Deborah Lock, Director, Birmingham City University Business School; Chair, Chartered ABS Executive Education Committee
13:45 What constitutes great executive development? The client perspective
In this session Per will speak about how he and his colleagues approached strategic leadership change within SEB Bank; and will share his thoughts about how Exec Ed providers can become 'business critical' to their clients by helping them to effectively drive behavioural change. This session will include a 30min presentation and 30min Q&A.
Per Hugander, Strategic Advisor - Organisational Culture, SEB Bank
Facilitated by: Dina Dommett, Dean of Ashridge, Hult International Business School
14:45 Break
15:00 Breakout sessions
In the second part of the Symposium participants will join 2-3 breakout sessions to explore the practical aspects of 'building capacity'.
Key questions for discussion include:
- To what extent is the faculty in your business school involved in executive education, and for those who are involved what do they enjoy, tolerate or fear about executive education delivery?
- What resources are available to your faculty to deliver executive education? For example, PS support, technology, marketing and sales teams.
- What are your top faculty strengths, how can you build on areas of competitive advantage and what are the areas to develop?
- How do you select, recruit, develop, promote and retain executive education faculty? What are the rewards and benefits of being involved in executive education?
- How nimble is your faculty model? If the market need something you do not currently offer, how do you respond?
Discussions facilitated by:
Dr Pauline Parker, Director of MBA and Executive Education Portfolio, Kingston Business School
Professor Yanguo Jing, Associate Dean (Enterprise and Innovation), Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University
Dr Pamela Yeow, Assistant Dean, External Engagement, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London
15:50 Feedback session
In this short session we will reflect on the key takeaways from the breakout group discussions.
16:20 Concluding remarks
Led by the Chair
16:30 Close
Confirmed speakers include:
Dina Dommett
Dean of Ashridge, Hult International Business School
Dr Dina Dommett has been Dean of Ashridge at Hult International Business School since 2018 with prior roles in executive education, student services and leadership development at Oxford Saïd Business School, London Business School, the London School of Economics & Political Science, Duke Corporate Education, Columbia and New York University Business Schools, the Monitor Group and Marconi plc. She began her teaching career in her native USA in the humanities at Yale University, Connecticut College and the Museum of Television & Radio in Manhattan. She earned a BA in Italian and German from Boston College, a Fulbright fellowship to Rome and a PhD in Italian from Yale University.
Per Hugander
Strategic Advisor - Organisational Culture, SEB Bank
Per is a strategic advisor on leadership, strategy, innovation, and organisational culture for SEB bank, the author of the blog leadershipbackbone.com and an agenda contributor to the World Economic Forum.
Professor Deborah Lock
Director, Birmingham City University Business School
Professor Deborah Lock commenced her role at Birmingham City University as the Director of Birmingham City Business School in February 2021. She is an experienced academic leader with more than 20 years of strategic level experience in higher education, where she has led numerous change management programmes including the re-development of undergraduate and postgraduate academic portfolios, rebranding of a Business School prior to its relaunch, the realignment of a centralised business development function, and the creation of a distributed work-based learning infrastructure.
In her role of Professor of Inclusivity and Innovation in Teaching at Lincoln International Business School, she was responsible for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation, internationalisation of the curriculum and teaching practices, online and flexible employer-led provision, and student employability. More recently, Professor Lock has been working with senior management on the Lincoln Online Campus and the development of bite-sized chunks of accredited learning.
Since 2018, Professor Lock has been a Visiting Professor at HeilongJiang International University, China, where she has delivered workshops and masterclasses on embedding employability skills within the curriculum, as well as working with Chinese academics on pre-transition support for students who are considering studying in the UK.
Dr Pauline Parker
Director of MBA and Executive Education Portfolio, Kingston Business School
After completing my doctorate in 2015 I started lecturing at Kingston University. Having a background as an entrepreneur, consultant and senior manager in a large corporate I am able to bring theory into practice with real-world examples.
I have a proven record of adding value to software solution enterprises through innovation and intrepreneurship. As well as creating new business, I have mentored start-ups and entrepreneurs and has successfully managed global portfolio's from £200k up to £75m annual revenues.
My research reflects my product management passion following on from customer focused product development in software and the impacts of business change projects on innovation after mergers and acquisitions.
Dr Pamela Yeow
Assistant Dean, External Engagement, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London
I am a Reader in Management and Assistant Dean for External Engagement at Birkbeck, University of London. I have over 15 years of experience in UK Higher Education particularly in postgraduate business and management. My research interests are in ethical consumerism and behaviour change and I teach on leadership and change modules. I have strong interests in experiential education and creating opportunities and networks by bringing people together.
The event pricings are as follows:
Members: £30
Non-members: £40
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