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Lead With Integrity

Effective leaders bring people together and continuously seek ways to drive change to impact the public good. They challenge conventional standards and practice moral leadership that mobilizes others to create positive change. But how do effective leaders know which decisions to make? When an individual’s rights conflict with the greater good, how should a leader react?

In Leadership and Ethics courses led by Christopher Robichaud, senior lecturer in ethics and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, in concert with a team of the School’s learning designers, individuals can acquire the skills necessary to begin the practice of moral leadership to instill change that has a lasting impact on communities and organizations. These asynchronous A and B courses, part of achieving the Public Leadership Credential, will supply the tools and strategies to define and solve problems with a global mindset. 
 

“This leadership and ethics module goes above and beyond every other module I’ve studied in the past. Using case studies and group work, you’re pushed to examine your personal values. This is, by far, the best module I’ve studied on the topic."
Josephine Doueihi, PLC Learner

Upcoming PLC Dates

Course Dates: Jan 7–21
Registration Deadline:  Jan 2
Course Fee: $1,095
 

Course Dates: Jan 28–Mar 11
Registration Deadline: Jan 9
Course Fee: $1,095
 

Course Dates: April 1–May 13
Registration Deadline: Mar 13
Course Fee: $1,095
 

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Faculty Lead

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Christopher Robichaud

Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy

Leadership and Ethics

Key Learning Points

Develop essential tools and strategies in each Leadership and Ethics course. After completing an A course, build upon your learning with a B course.

  • Learn how to define moral leadership and develop a framework for adaptive leadership.
  • Understand when promoting the greater good and protecting individual rights align and when you must choose between them—and learn how to choose.
  • Decipher moral narratives, community values, and how to make moral trade-offs that
    advance positive change.
  • Develop your capacity for moral reasoning by learning when public value and social justice align and when they diverge. 
  • Discover how to leverage cognitive reappraisal to manage negative emotions provoked by injustice. 
  • Learn concrete next steps for beginning your practice of moral leadership within the implicit and explicit norms of organizations and societies.
Challenge the conventional definition of leadership.