Great leadership starts with great decisions - and the ripple effect shapes entire organizations.
The Harvard Kennedy School Leadership Decision Making executive program equips senior leaders with proven tools to elevate judgment and strengthen decision quality across your organization.
Led by award-winning Faculty Chair Jennifer Lerner, the program draws on cutting-edge research in psychological science, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence (AI). Participants learn strategic frameworks and tools they can apply across public, nonprofit, and corporate contexts.
Building on an interdisciplinary foundation, the curriculum combines live, interactive faculty lectures, experiential learning, and small-group collaboration. You will gain insights from Harvard faculty and leading experts while applying concepts directly to challenges in your own professional roles.
Core topics include:
The program also examines how leaders can manage stress effectively and harness the rapidly expanding role of AI in organizational decision environments—including how to critically evaluate emerging tools, collaborate with them responsibly, and lead effectively in AI-augmented contexts.
In addition to structured feedback on exercises, you will receive your own individualized feedback packet providing useful information on your judgment and decision tendencies.
Learn the evidence-based methods that help leaders like you - and your teams - choose wisely when it counts.
You will gain useful frameworks and tools to:
