Government Courses

Leadership in Crises is an on-campus executive program that will help you learn how to build the expertise needed to ensure a more successful crisis management process.

Developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty, this professional credential program equips you with the skills necessary to advance the public good.

This 5-day Harvard Kennedy School executive program will develop and expand your capacity to be one of tomorrow’s leaders.

This program is designed to help experienced leaders gain the tools needed to effectively resolve the difficult challenges you face, often on a daily basis. The program will introduce you to a new approach to leadership called “The 4P Framework”.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

Leadership Decision Making features hands-on learning experiences that help leaders like you improve decision analysis and leadership effectiveness.

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

This program is designed to help experienced leaders gain the tools needed to effectively resolve the difficult challenges you face, often on a daily basis. The program will introduce you to a new approach to leadership called “The 4P Framework”.

An online executive program to explore how policy and technology, together, can address critical threats of the cyber world.

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action is a transformative online program through which you can strengthen your capacity to lead.

Leadership Decision Making features hands-on learning experiences that help leaders like you improve decision analysis and leadership effectiveness.

This 5-day Harvard Kennedy School executive program will develop and expand your capacity to be one of tomorrow’s leaders.

This is an intensive, 5-day executive program that examines the managerial and operational challenges faced by government officials and professionals who have regulatory, enforcement, security, compliance, or other risk-control responsibilities.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

Senior Executive Fellows is the unparalleled professional development program for public sector executives who want to sharpen their leadership and managerial skills.

This online executive program offers the latest research and best practices in nonprofit management to help leaders run organizations more effectively.

This one-week on-campus executive education program developed by Harvard Kennedy School provides a foundational understanding of decarbonization and its economic impact.

This program address the significant challenge of climate change and its impacts on the environment, as well as society and the global economy.

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries is an executive program that goes beyond other negotiation workshops to address the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations, and sectors.

Designed for current and aspiring nonprofit leaders, this course helps learners build the confidence needed to make stronger financial decisions in mission-driven organizations.

Join Harvard Kennedy School faculty and former Pentagon Chief of Staff Eric Rosenbach to learn how to develop strategies for public leadership success.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries is an executive program that goes beyond other negotiation workshops to address the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations, and sectors.

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

This is an intensive, 5-day executive program that examines the managerial and operational challenges faced by government officials and professionals who have regulatory, enforcement, security, compliance, or other risk-control responsibilities.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

Senior Executives in National and International Security is an online executive program convening senior security officials from around the world focused on the future of security.

Leadership Decision Making features hands-on learning experiences that help leaders like you improve decision analysis and leadership effectiveness.

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.