Michigan Ross School of Business Executive Education

06/06/2026

This October, Michigan Ross School of Business Executive Education will convene business leaders at the new Michigan Ross Los Angeles campus for a 1.5-day, immersive experience designed for a world where disruption is constant, AI is reshaping work, and culture determines whether organizations thrive or stall.

Breaking Through: Leading in an Age of Constant Change
📅 Oct 8-9, 2026
📍 Michigan Ross Los Angeles

What to Expect:

✅ Opening experience at Dataland at The Grand LA, where AI transforms data into evolving visual environments, offering a powerful lens into how AI is reshaping work and human capability
✅ Sessions on the tensions leaders are navigating now, from disruption and foresight to AI and culture
✅ Direct exchange with faculty, speakers, and peers in a highly interactive, intimate group setting

🎟️ Registration is open: https://myumi.ch/R3P6z
⏳ Early Bird rates end Sep 3 (limited spots)

06/05/2026

is making an impact in Charlottesville, a historical city nestled at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Michigan Ross Executive Education partners with local organizations to deliver dynamic speaking engagements that infuse fresh insights and energy into the business community. By working closely with Charlottesville’s businesses, RossEE provides truly customized, high-impact solutions designed to address each organization’s specific challenges and objectives, supporting ongoing growth and success.

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06/04/2026

Too many organizations still treat “soft skills” like they’re secondary—but that mindset may be costing teams more than they realize. In his recent From The Culture article, Clinical Assistant Professor Marcus Collins challenges one of management’s biggest misnomers: the idea that people skills are somehow less critical than technical expertise. He explores how this label started, why it has shaped the way we hire and lead, and why the hardest parts of leadership often have nothing to do with spreadsheets, strategy decks, or systems. If you manage people, work on a team, or care about building better workplace culture, this is a perspective worth sitting with. Read more.

Because the hardest skills in leadership are the one we’ve typically called "soft"

06/03/2026

Digital transformation changes how organizations operate, compete, and grow.
Leaders need a new playbook for building AI-ready organizations with the right capabilities, strategy, and safeguards.

Join us in Los Angeles for a Leadership Studio event featuring Michigan Ross Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Nigel Melville, a sociotechnical scientist whose work focuses on technology-enabled change, digital transformation, AI capabilities and risk, and innovation.

Melville studies how organizations use digital technologies to improve operations and achieve strategic goals. At a time when AI is reshaping business models, workflows, and decision-making, he brings a practical lens to what readiness really requires: aligning technology with business value, building organizational capabilities, and creating safeguards that help teams innovate responsibly.

As organizations work to move from AI experimentation to meaningful impact, and from digital ambition to operational results, this is the room to be in.

🗓️ Oct 8–9, 2026
📍 Michigan Ross Los Angeles
👉 Save your seat: https://myumi.ch/R3P6z
⏳ Early Bird rates end Sep 3—space is limited

06/03/2026

Build high-performing, agile teams by improving psychological safety, increasing accountability and engagement, and creating cultures that support collaboration, resilience, and sustained performance.

From September 15 to September 18, 2026, immerse yourself in a powerful learning experience where you will:
✅ Improve team performance
✅ Create a personalized, action-driven plan
✅ Unlock potential with empathy
✅ Build psychological safety with team members
✅ Fuel engagement through purpose

Learn more about this transformative program.

https://myumi.ch/11NnJ

Are you ready to lead high-performing teams that thrive today and stay ahead of tomorrow’s challenges? Build teams that adapt, innovate, and deliver lasting impact.

06/02/2026

Leaders today are constantly asked to do the impossible: change fast while keeping things steady, hit results while also caring for people. In a Business and Society podcast episode, Professors Gretchen Spreitzer and Mike Barger, along with Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations Monica Worline, discuss the Michigan Model of Leadership—a research-based way to handle these “both/and” tensions at work, especially during uncertainty and as AI reshapes how we lead. They share why the best leaders learn to flex between competing priorities (and recognize their own blind spots). Read more.

Worline will be in Los Angeles as a speaker at Breaking Through: Leading in an Age of Constant Change, a Leadership Studio event with Thinkers50.

Join us in L.A. to hear from Worline in person.

👉 Save your seat: https://myumi.ch/R3P6z

For business leaders, modern work often asks them to pull off a balancing act that can seem nearly impossible. Innovate while maintaining stability; drive for results while being empathic to your team.

06/02/2026

Meet Faculty Member Sarah Zimmerman, Lecturer in Business Communication at the University of Michigan. Zimmerman brings a global and cross-sector perspective to her teaching, shaped by a career that spans education, economic development, and international relations. Her current research focuses on how design influences the way we work, building on earlier work in international business and persuasion. She has held leadership roles in education across the Midwest, the Middle East, and in one of the largest virtual academies in the U.S. Prior to Ross, she served as Vice President at a global economic development firm focused on Chinese investment in the Midwest, and has worked in pro-trade and democratization initiatives through U.S. and international organizations.

Discover more: https://myumi.ch/Rm3JN

06/01/2026

📅 Save the date: Breaking Through: A Leadership Studio Event (Oct 8–9) in L.A.
Join us for Breaking Through: Leading in an Age of Constant Change—a 1.5-day, highly interactive Leadership Studio event from Michigan Ross Executive Education + Thinkers50, in Los Angeles.

🗓️ Oct 8–9, 2026
📍 Michigan Ross Los Angeles (new campus)
🌀 Starts with an opening experience at Dataland at The Grand LA
🎤 Hear from top experts shaping the future of leadership

🎟️ Registration is open: https://myumi.ch/R3P6z
⏳ Early Bird rates end Sep 3 (limited spots)

06/01/2026

Michigan Ross Distinguished Leader alum Jackie Britchkow, Vice President, Commercial Bank Sustainability & Customer Experience at TD Bank, shares how helped her rebuild, grow, and lead with purpose:

"After earning a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I spent more than a decade building new capabilities through progressively challenging roles, while learning from mentors and peers along the way. Shortly after achieving my goal of becoming an executive by 35, I was laid off, and at seven months pregnant, I accepted a lower‑level role at a local bank, setting my sights on rebuilding and advancing again.

Within two years, I experienced the devastating loss of my best friend and sister, who I followed to the University of Michigan years before. Seeking inspiration, connection, and intellectual challenge during a period of profound personal grief, I found my way back to Ann Arbor through an in‑person executive education offering at Ross.

What began as a way to navigate a period of personal grief evolved into one of my most meaningful academic and professional achievements. Taught by world‑class faculty and undertaken alongside senior executives from across the country, the Ross Executive Education courses helped me develop a deeper understanding of my strengths and opportunities, rebuild my professional brand, and sharpen my ability to lead with clarity, confidence, and impact.

The Accelerated Management Development Certificate Program provided a rigorous, MBA‑caliber experience and served as a pivotal complement to my broader executive education journey. Spanning finance, strategy, leadership, and digital transformation, the program offered a modern perspective on core business disciplines — strengthening my ability to connect foundational principles with today’s rapidly evolving organizational and technological realities, many of which did not exist when I completed my undergraduate degree.

Together, these experiences have reshaped how I lead—grounded in purpose, informed by rigor, and focused on creating meaningful impact for the organization as well as the foundation I oversee, Thyroid Hope."

Ready to elevate your leadership skills and transform your career? Learn more about how to become a Michigan Ross Distinguished Leader.

https://myumi.ch/dgnX1

05/29/2026

is making an impact in Taipei—the bustling capital of Taiwan known for its modern skyline and lively street food scene. Michigan Ross Executive Education has delivered impactful programs in Taipei, including offerings in leadership development, financial management, and business strategy, while also collaborating with local organizations across industries to provide customized learning solutions focused on topics like organizational capability and healthcare management. Although programs for individuals are not currently available in Taipei, RossEE remains committed to partnering with local businesses to deliver practical, high-impact solutions tailored to their unique goals and challenges. Learn more:

Go Blue. Go Anywhere—Journey through our global impact across 200+ locations worldwide and counting.