UNC Executive Education partnered with 1st90 to extend its leadership development programs into sustained, measurable daily behavior change — most notably a global activation with a Fortune 5 Energy Company.
World-class leadership content that wasn't surviving the trip back to the desk.
UNC Executive Education designs some of the most respected leadership programs in the world. But like every executive education provider, the hardest moment isn't the classroom — it's the Monday after, when leaders return to their roles and the content begins to fade. For a Fortune 5 Energy Company, the stakes were global: 10,000+ leaders across 20+ countries needed to translate executive education into consistent, observable leadership and ownership behaviors on the front line.
of change initiatives fail due to poor adoption — not poor content.
of learners apply new skills on the job without reinforcement.
more likely to succeed when change is people- and behavior-centric.
From program to practice — at global scale.
1st90 became the execution layer behind UNC's curriculum. Through a Behavior Design Sprint, 1st90 translated UNC's leadership content into targeted micro-practices, then deployed a 30–60 day reinforcement path that met leaders in the flow of work — across languages, regions, and business units. Kyper Dashboard gave UNC and the client's leadership real-time visibility into which behaviors were actually changing.
Measurable behavior change, globally.
"1st90 let us prove that our programs don't just inspire leaders — they change how they lead, every day, long after the program ends."
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