Duke Corporate Education has been ranked the world’s #1 provider of custom executive education for the fourth consecutive year, according to the May 15th edition of the London-based Financial Times (FT).
Commenting on Duke CE’s use of education to help clients address issues specific to their business, FT's Della Bradshaw notes that "Every other business school worth its salt has followed Duke's lead." In a related column, Barry Bloch, Rio Tinto's global practice leader for leadership and people development, argues that custom programs offer numerous benefits that typically cannot be achieved in open enrollment scenarios.
The FT rankings rely principally on interviews with executives in client organizations, exploring categories such as Value for Money, Course Design, Preparation, and New Skills and Learning.
Blair Sheppard, Duke CE’s CEO, thanked clients —“thoughtful CEOs and COOs, chief learning officers, and heads of learning and development”—for insisting that Duke reinvent executive education, adding “Collaborating with them hasn’t just made us better, it made us possible."
“We are delighted to share this honor with the London School of Economics, our partner in Europe and the world’s leading social sciences school,” Sheppard continued. He also had special praise for Duke CE’s Global Learning Resource Network (GLRN) of outstanding faculty. A member of that faculty, Prinny Anderson, was interviewed for a related article on executive coaching, which also quoted GLRN’s assistant director Michelle Hoover on the importance of strict vetting of coaches’ credentials.
FT’s annual survey, the results of which are based primarily on interviews with executives in client organizations, likewise placed Duke CE at the top of its market in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Combined rankings for custom programs at Duke CE and open enrollment programs at the Fuqua School of Business placed Duke University as a whole in the number one position in executive education for the third time running.
The coverage may be found [here].
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
|
Country |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Duke Corporate Education |
U.S.A./U.K. |
| 2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
IMD |
Switzerland |
| 3 |
- |
5 |
8 |
Harvard Business School |
U.S.A. |
| 4 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
Stanford University GSB |
U.S.A. |
| 5 |
10 |
24 |
37 |
University of Chicago GSB |
U.S.A./U.K./Singapore |
| 6 |
10 |
25 |
- |
MIT: Sloan |
U.S.A. |
| 7 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
Thunderbird: Garvin |
U.S.A./Russia |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
13 |
Babson Executive Education |
U.S.A. |
| 9 |
23 |
19 |
31 |
Center for Creative Leadership |
U.S.A./Belgium/Singapore |
| 9 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
HEC Paris |
France |
| 11 |
16 |
22 |
32 |
Cranfield School of Management |
U.K. |
| 11 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
London Business School |
U.K. |
| 13 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
IESE Business School |
Spain |
| 14 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
INSEAD |
France/Singapore |
| 15 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
Columbia Business School |
U.S.A. |
| 15 |
- |
12 |
12 |
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton |
U.S.A. |
| 17 |
12 |
20 |
22 |
Ipade |
Mexico |
| 18 |
21 |
31 |
- |
Emory University: Goizueta |
U.S.A. |
| 18 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
Northwestern University: Kellogg |
U.S.A. |
| 20 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
Ashridge |
U.K. |
Link to the full FT table
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