FALL 2008

Judgment and Decision Making, API-304
Co-taught with Professor Jennifer Lerner

This course seeks to provide students with a better understanding of the decision-making process: how we make decisions and why we too often make the wrong decisions. The course identifies decision traps we all face and offers strategies for how to avoid and overcome them. It is designed to help students think analytically about the ways policy decisions are made in (public and private organizations), providing both an introduction to theories of decision making as well as practical skills for better decision making.

Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century
Co-chaired with Professors David Gergen and Joseph S. Nye

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.

Mastering Negotiation: Building Sustainable Agreements
Executive Program Faculty

Mastering Negotiation: Building Sustainable Agreements goes beyond other negotiation workshops in acknowledging and addressing the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations and sectors. Mastery of one’s own sector is no longer sufficient. In a world of intensely multifaceted economic, political and social problems, sustainable solutions necessitate achieving consensus among an unprecedented variety of stakeholders. Therefore, the program examines the effects of both social and organizational culture on negotiation, while at the same time helping participants develop the adaptive skills they need to translate their effectiveness to other settings.


Negotiating for Leadership: An Executive Program for Women in Senior Positions
Executive Program Faculty

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.


Women and Power: Leadership in a New World
Executive Program Faculty

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.