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Women and Power

Leadership in a New World

FACULTY CHAIR: Hannah Riley Bowles, Associate Professor of Public Policy

An intense, interactive experience designed to help women advance to top positions of influence in public leadership

Women and Power focuses on helping women in senior positions develop effective leadership strategies, with an emphasis on creating successful alliances and enduring partnerships. At its core, the program is an intense, interactive experience designed to help women advance to positions of influence and use them well.

Program participants will engage with Harvard faculty and other dynamic women leaders in the program to explore strategies for enhancing influence and authority in organizational and political contexts. The course uses the Harvard case study method to examine leadership challenges faced by individuals and organizations, and to consider how to apply lessons to present-day professional situations. The course also facilitates sharing lessons from personal experiences to address common challenges. 

Specifically, participants will:

• Explore new conceptual frameworks for analyzing political and strategic management issues in the public, non-profit, and corporate sectors. 
• Consider the most recent research on women and leadership and its application in the workplace.
• Develop skills and strategies for negotiation, coalition-building and influencing political processes.
• Compare lessons learned with women from diverse professional backgrounds and similar levels of career achievement.

Young Global Leaders

Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century

FACULTY CHAIR: Iris Bohnet, Professor of Public Policy, and Director, Women and Public Policy Program

This Program is designed to prepare the Wold Economic Forum's select Young Global Leaders to expand their knowledge base in order to better address some of the most pressing global problems. The course seeks to provide YGL's with a deeper understanding of public policy issues in conjunction with leadership skills. Participants think more deeply about the major issues facing future generations and acquire the leadership skills necessary to effect significant change.

The program curriculum integrates theory and practice, emphasizing the advanced skills and knowledge necessary to serve as a powerful force for progress. Each session is tailored to challenge its unique group of Young Global Leaders and is led by expert senior faculty. The program focuses on critical global policy areas, with an emphasis on implementing innovative solutions in dynamic, multiple-stakeholder arenas.

Young Global Leaders committed to addressing the most pressing issues facing our world today are invited to attend this program.  Participation in the program is by invitation only.

This program is the result of a partnership between Harvard Kennedy School and the World Economic Forum. It is made possible through the generosity of David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group, The Bill & Penny George Family Foundation, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, and Howard Cox, Jr.

Negotiating for Leadership

An Executive Program for Women in Senior Positions

FACULTY CHAIR: Iris Bohnet, Professor of Public Policy, and Director, Women and Public Policy Program

Negotiating for Leadership is an intense two-day executive education program offered by the Dubai School of Government (DSG) in association with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The program is designed to assist women in senior positions in developing the negotiation strategies necessary to lead effectively in today’s world.