Executive Education Programs By Portfolio
Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School offers programs for leaders from around the world. We bring together experienced professionals,
a world-class faculty, and a dynamic curriculum in a setting where the common denominator is a shared commitment to public value. The result is
a lasting transformational leadership experience. We have developed the most comprehensive range of executive education programs in public
leadership available anywhere in the world.
Executive Education offers more than 25 courses a year in six portfolio areas:
Each of the programs in the Executive Skill Development Portfolio aims to enhance specific skills essential to successful leadership and strategic management. Individual programs focus on personal leadership, organizational performance strategies, negotiation, creating innovative solutions to public problems through collaboration across sectors and jurisdictions, leadership during crisis, and community problem-solving. In addition, we offer a train-the-trainer program in adaptive leadership to professionals in the field of leadership development. 
Federal government managers face a variety of complex challenges, ranging from the effects of globalization to quantum leaps in information technology. The Federal Portfolio programs have been created primarily to serve the professional development needs of elected, appointed, and career government officials, and have also proven equally valuable for senior managers in nonprofit and private sector organizations that work closely with federal agencies.
The world’s most pressing global issues demand leaders who can work in dynamic, contested arenas with public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders across geopolitical, economic, and cultural boundaries. The programs in the Global Portfolio help expand and enrich participants’ technical expertise, and understanding of specific areas of public policy, and provide them with leadership skills and strategies to effect change within existing policy frameworks.
National security leadership requires effective interaction among many diverse groups, including military officers, senior civilian officials, political appointees, Congress, the media, and leaders from industry and international organizations. These programs provide a forum for senior executives to deepen their understanding of current security issues, exercise their evaluation and decision-making skills, and sharpen the personal skills necessary to work successfully within a group environment.
State, local, and nonprofit leaders are under pressure to solve increasingly difficult problems with fewer resources. These programs focus on giving leaders the skills and analytical understanding necessary to manage and lead results-driven agencies and organizations, and to better serve their communities. These programs cover topics such as leadership, public value, organizational strategy, political management, management control, and operations.