Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School is an invaluable opportunity for senior-level leaders from every sector. Whether on campus or online, each executive program is designed for working professionals to provide leadership best practices, cutting-edge research, and robust discussions led by Harvard faculty.

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Leadership Decision Making

Draws upon theories and evidence from psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to demonstrate how you can design better decision environments.
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Leadership for the 21st Century

Delves into why we lead the way we do and challenges you to learn how to exercise leadership with more courage, skill and effectiveness.
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Promoting Racial Equity in the Workplace

Surveys effective diversity strategies that help leaders both improve organizational effectiveness and community relations.
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Leading Successful Programs: Using Evidence to Assess Effectiveness

Challenges program managers to rethink the goals of their programs and reassess how to gather and use data to determine their effectiveness.
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Leadership in Crises

Equips leaders involved in crisis management at the federal, state, and local level with the skills and analytical frameworks necessary to successfully manage, survive, and recover from unexpected events.
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Women and Power

Focuses on honing the abilities of senior executives to develop a strong cross-sector leadership strategy through the creation of successful alliances and enduring partnerships.
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Persuasive Communication: Narrative, Evidence, and Impact

Helps you build a critical set of skills in writing, speaking, and presentation by providing a dynamic forum to learn, practice, and receive feedback on these essential skills.
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Strategic Leadership: Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness

Focuses on core leadership skills aimed at preparing participants to tackle their specific leadership challenges and organizational mandates with renewed capacity, vision, and skill.
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Leadership Decision Making

Draws upon theories and evidence from psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to demonstrate how you can design better decision environments.
Come to Harvard
Online
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Leading Successful Programs: Using Evidence to Assess Effectiveness

Challenges program managers to rethink the goals of their programs and reassess how to gather and use data to determine their effectiveness.
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Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times

Teaches you how to lead amidst conflict and disagreement using adaptive leadership tools and strategies you can apply immediately to enact change.
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Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success

Offers the latest research and best practices in nonprofit management to help leaders run organizations more effectively.
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Harvard Kennedy School provides top executive education programs for senior-level leaders like you who seek to expand your skillset, optimize your effectiveness, and connect with a diverse network of peers.

Executive education leadership courses deliver an unparalleled depth of knowledge from a world-renowned university in short program formats that fit your busy schedule. Each is designed and led by Harvard faculty to provide even the most experienced leader with new perspectives, the latest research, and an updated tool kit to solve real-world challenges.

Explore the best public leadership executive courses in the world, offered both on campus and online.