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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
Senior Executives in National and International Security
Leadership Decision Making
Upcoming Sessions
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
In the most recent free webinar, Harvard Professor Sandra Susan Smith shares how incapacitation and the brutal conditions of confinement worsen life trajectories and offers an alternative vision that moves away from pretrial punishment and toward healing, accountability, and true justice. Watch recorded webinars and sign up for emails to receive invitations to attend future sessions live.
A GLOBAL COHORT
165 countries and territories represented
Executive Education participants come from around the world
Alumni Spotlight
“The HKS executive programs offer a special opportunity to reflect on your leadership approach and to learn from leaders from all over the world. You can both absorb new content, learn from world experts, and take time to reflect. This is very valuable in a world that is often reactive.”
Read more reflections from Anne Collins, associate administrator for enforcement at the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and alumna of Leadership Decision Making, on her executive education experience at HKS.