Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education 2019 PROGRAM GUIDE YOU’RE HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.SM You’re here to gain new skills and perspectives. As a leader in the public, nonprofi t, or corporate sector, you want to shape policy and improve your organization. You seek to strengthen critical skills, transform your capabilities, and create a lasting network of new colleagues. At Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education you can, all in just a few extraordinary days. Here, you and your peers from around the world are immersed in a collaborative, creative, and inspiring environment led by renowned Harvard faculty and leading practitioners. Our programs challenge your fundamental assumptions and help you develop the skills necessary to enact real change. It’s an experience that can’t be duplicated anywhere else. 2 Our Academic Model Executive Education emphasizes practical solutions for leaders. Our programs make extensive use of the case study method, enabling participants to explore new analytical frameworks and the latest research within the context of real-world executive decision making. Participants build skills through group interaction in case discussions, simulations, and team exercises, and have opportunities to apply what they learn directly to their current leadership challenges. Harvard Kennedy School brings together the best Our Faculty the world has to offer. Every program is led by Harvard University faculty members chosen for their A historic campus located along the Charles River expertise as well as their proven ability to teach senior executives. Many are in Cambridge. The most comprehensive range scholar-practitioners actively engaged in shaping policy through consulting of on-campus and online executive education and advisory work with heads of organizations and governments. programs in public leadership anywhere. And a vibrant learning environment comprising lectures, Our Participants group exercises, and peer networking. Executive Education participants are accomplished leaders working in the Beyond the classroom, immerse yourself in public, corporate, and nonprofit sectors around the world. Our participants come from all backgrounds: elected legislators, ministers of government, senior intellectual and cultural activities. Experience executive civil servants, state governors, uniformed military officers, state and thought-provoking forums with world leaders local administrators, police and fire chiefs, and top executives from corporate and discussions with visiting policy experts. and nonprofit organizations. Admission to Executive Education programs is based on professional achievement and organizational responsibility. A Lifelong Network Studying at Harvard was both an honor and a privilege. Simply put, it was a once-in-a-lifetime Our programs build lasting networks of leaders who share a common understanding and commitment to addressing public problems. The learning opportunity that I strive to put into use camaraderie that forms among participants during the intensive learning every single day. Stephen Lutze, Chief Finance Officer, Department experience at Harvard Kennedy School becomes the basis for professional of Finance, Commonwealth of Australia opportunities and friendships that last a lifetime. Many alumni report that these relationships become the most valuable legacy of their Executive Education experience. WWW.HKS.HARVARD.EDU/EXECUTIVE-EDUCATION 3 OVER 4000 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY WITH 55% FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S. UNITED STATES & CANADA EUROPE & 48% CENTRAL ASIA 11% SOUTH ASIA MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 4% 9% EAST ASIA LATIN AMERICA & PACIFIC & CARIBBEAN 11% 9% AFRICA 8% PROGRAMS FOR ALL KINDS OF LEADERS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDE Executive Education offers more than 35 open enrollment programs a year, most just one week or less. Whether you’re a leader in the public, nonprofit, or corporate sector, there is a program—or programs—right for you. U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL STATE & LOCAL These programs help elected, SECURITY & DEFENSE GOVERNMENTS appointed, and career government These programs enable senior Covering topics from leadership officials, as well as senior managers executives in national/international to cooperative governance, these Which kind in nonprofit and corporate security and defense to deepen programs use a unique balance of leader organizations working closely with their understanding of security of traditional and hands-on government agencies to deepen issues, exercise their evaluation learning experiences to help are you? their ability to think broadly, and decision-making abilities, senior public officials meet sharpen critical skill sets, and and sharpen the personal skills the changing needs of their Select your sector. generate ideas to solve the most necessary to work successfully constituents and the growing challenging public problems. within a group. demands of their communities. INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NONPROFIT & NON- INTERGOVERNMENTAL & CORPORATE The world needs leaders who can GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS Successful leadership requires work with disparate stakeholders in With topics ranging from strategic These programs help participants specific skills in decision making, contested arenas across geopolitical, management to performance develop the critical leadership, negotiation, and strategic economic, and cultural boundaries. measurement, these programs negotiation, and decision-making management. These programs These global-centric programs focus focus on helping results-driven skills needed to navigate geographic, enhance the capacity of senior on building a participant’s technical organizations better accomplish their political, and economic complexities corporate leaders, with emphasis and policy expertise while providing missions. Participants can create and find collaborative solutions. on creating innovative solutions leadership skills and strategies greater impact immediately at their Focus is given to new policy to public problems through to effect change within existing institutions by applying a program’s approaches that advance the collaboration across sectors policy frameworks. concepts, techniques and faculty public interest in a dynamic and jurisdictions. feedback directly to their work. global environment. WWW.HKS.HARVARD.EDU/EXECUTIVE-EDUCATION 5 Find the program right for you. National/ U.S. Nonprofi t & Intergovernmental International State & Local International Federal Nongovernmental & Multilateral Corporate Security & Governments Governments Government Organizations Organizations Defense 6 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDE APPLYING BEHAVIORAL ART AND PRACTICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMPARATIVE TAX POLICY INSIGHTS TO THE DESIGN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: ENERGY: POLICYMAKING AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC POLICY A MASTER CLASS FOR FOR THE LONG TERM Offered in August Offered in October PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS, Offered in September Faculty Chair: Jay Rosengard Faculty Chair: Todd Rogers EDUCATORS, AND Faculty Chair: Robert Stavins Brings together high-level A cutting-edge program examining CONSULTANTS Global climate change presents practitioners from government, how behavioral science can shape Offered in May world leaders with a major challenge. academia, and the corporate sector public policy. Taught by leading Faculty Chair: Ron Heifetz How to meet this challenge is the to examine the latest developments scholars in decision science and subject of this cutting-edge program. in the design and implementation A spirited workshop designed to behavioral economics from across Participants will gain deep insight of tax systems around the world. engage leadership development Harvard University, the curriculum into the design and implementation The program provides participants professionals, including consultants, explores behaviorally informed of subnational, national, and with practical tools along with detailed teachers, and trainers. This program policy tools such as defaults, active international policies to address examples of their application to help challenges fundamental assumptions choice, social norms, framing, and climate change—and closely related formulate the most appropriate tax about leadership and explores what it choice architecture. aspects of energy production and use. policies and tax administration for takes to be a more effective teacher. Interaction with leading experts in the their particular environments. Participants learn how to determine The curriculum extends beyond natural sciences, economics, and other in which scenarios behavioral insights conventional notions, revealing fields, as well as peers from around tools are best used and how to apply profound and powerful concepts, skills, the world, provides an unparalleled these insights to craft innovative, and frameworks for diagnosing and engagement opportunity. cost-effective solutions to public analyzing key challenges. Participants policy challenges. consult and receive consultations in small groups about dilemmas that they face in their own work. PARTICIPANTS: PARTICIPANTS: PARTICIPANTS: PARTICIPANTS: Leaders involved in policymaking, from Leadership development professionals and Senior managers in government and corporate Senior managers in government and corporate government, nonprofits, civil society, consultants working in academic institutions, and nonprofit executives who are involved with leaders who specialize in tax policy design and and the corporate sector businesses, nonprofits, and communities