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  • On Campus
    Session Date
    -
    Application Deadline
    Program Fee
    $10,900
    Faculty Chair
    Mathias Risse
    Program Director
    Rosana Urbaez
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    We are still accepting applications for this session. Please contact the program director for additional information.

    Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals.
    Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Leadership concentration. This program can also be used as a third program for any concentration in the Executive Certificate series.
    Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): This program aligns with one or more Executive Core Qualifications.

Program Overview

The Emerging Leaders program at Harvard Kennedy School is designed to develop and enhance the capabilities of tomorrow's leaders. This on-campus program, led by Faculty Chair Mathias Risse, brings together renowned Harvard faculty and an international cohort of rising professionals. Over an intensive week of learning, participants will gain essential leadership skills and strategic insights to capitalize on opportunities, overcome obstacles, and drive change.

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

The Emerging Leaders curriculum is structured into three key areas: skill building, integrated communications, and policy analysis. Participants will engage in interactive simulations, case studies, and group discussions.  Key topics include negotiation, persuasion, coalition building, ethics, leveraging internet technologies, and non-military global crisis management. The program also features lectures on global economic development, political power in the digital age, and infrastructure of modern governance.

An interactive simulation will challenge you and your peers to confront and diagnose a crisis as well as develop cooperative strategies to advance your vision. Case studies, group discussion teams, as well as experiential exercises and selected guest lecturers will contribute to a unique and collaborative learning environment during your week in the classroom on campus.

Learning Objectives

By attending the Emerging Leaders program, participants will:

  • Develop effective leadership and communication strategies
  • Learn to build strong, accountable institutions at various levels
  • Gain skills to mobilize knowledge for social change and leverage social media
  • Foster trust and negotiate successfully in political environments
  • Make evidence-based decisions amidst ambiguity
  • Understand key policy areas affecting national and community well-being
  • Exercise moral leadership and promote ethical decision-makin

Application Information

Emerging Leaders is designed for rising U.S. and international leaders looking to take their career to the next level. The program welcomes leaders in government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations who wish to better understand the aspects of leadership and to improve their capacity to lead.

Candidates can be early in their career with 5-15 years of professional experience or senior leaders further in their career looking to raise their performance or make a change.

Recommended applicants include:

  • Rising political leaders
  • Policymakers
  • Government managers
  • Military officers
  • Professionals from nonprofit organizations, public interest groups, and the corporate sector

Immerse yourself with a cohort of fellow emerging leaders on Harvard’s historic campus. View the draft program schedule. Note that module titles, speakers, and sequence may change.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING

“vlog crests a new mental environment required to tackle present and future challenges.”
JOHN LEBO, LEGISLATOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT, NIGERIA
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Faculty & Research

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Mathias Risse

Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy
617-495-9811

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Juliette Kayyem

Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security

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Julia Minson

Associate Professor of Public Policy

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Timothy O'Brien

Lecturer in Public Policy

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Deval Patrick

David R. Gergen Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership
617-496-0556

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