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Sharpen Your Leadership Capabilities and Make a Difference.
Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education programs are designed to help leaders from every sector gain the skills and strategies needed to address current problems in real time. Whether you immerse yourself in an intensive, in-person program on Harvard’s historic campus or engage in a highly interactive, live online program from home, you will become part of a vibrant community of leaders around the globe striving to make a difference. The world won't wait.
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If you’re a leader who wants to strengthen your skill set, generate new solutions to current problems, and make the world a better place, a short online or on-campus program at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education can offer you a unique opportunity to make a difference.
Upcoming Programs
Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times
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Infrastructure in a Market Economy
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Implementing Public Policy
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Expand your capabilities in public leadership
Discover the broadest range and highest caliber of executive education programs in public leadership offered anywhere.
HKS Faculty Webinar Series
The most recent webinar features Mark Fagan, lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and faculty chair of Delivering Public Services: Efficiency, Equity, and Quality, discussing how AI is reshaping service delivery and operations management. Watch past webinars and sign up for emails to receive invitations to attend future sessions live.
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165 countries and territories represented
Executive Education participants come from around the world
Alumni Spotlight
“The rush to jump to solutions is so strong that we have to try so hard to get people to stop thinking about what they’re going to do about it, and to instead understand what the problem is and follow the process.” - Building State Capabilities Director Salimah Samji
Implementing Public Policy alumni and degree-program students at HKS learn to avoid a rush to solutions and instead trust an iterative process. From blood safety in Nigeria to helping the elder workforce in Massachusetts, read their story.