

What does a collaborative partnership with UNC Executive Development look like? They work with clients to design programming that addresses their critical business needs and skill gaps engages key levels of leadership and aligns talent development alignment with their practices, culture and goals. Hofmann and Stephen Hyde, president, are focused on designing custom programs that drive deep impact over time. That customized approach is what differentiates UNC Executive Development.


At the end of the day, we design programs to develop leaders to be more successful in achieving their mission, strategy and goals.” Instead, it is about our client-focused collaboration with the organizations we serve. “Ultimately, UNC Executive Development is successful if we help our clients succeed,” says Hofmann. The need is greater than ever for cutting-edge, application-focused learning that enables leaders to successfully navigate new realities amid a range of ongoing global challenges. Organizations’ demand for leadership development is surging as the pandemic eases. Hofmann took up that inaugural position at UNC Executive Development in March 2022 at a pivotal time in the business world. That work has been most significant over the last six years as senior associate dean for academic affairs and is vital in his newest role – a new role for the School – as senior associate dean for UNC Executive Development. You can easily step over these historic walls, which have come to symbolize both the importance of access to world-class education and Carolina’s culture of collaboration.ĭavid Hofmann seeks to strengthen both – collaboration and access to learning – in all of his leadership roles at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. You encounter low, stone walls as you walk around the campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the oldest public university in the U.S.
