Social Enterprise Programs
These programs, presented by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), enable you to pave a decisive, proactive path to leadership within your nonprofit organization. The SEI generates and shares knowledge that helps create social value in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors—supporting the School's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.
Governing for Nonprofit Excellence
Exploring the nonprofit board's critical role, this program offers best practices that enhance the contribution of outside board members and chairs. As you master proven governance frameworks, you improve your capacity to define, oversee, and adjust the organization's mission; create strategic plans; and assess and measure performance. As a result, your board will be better able to build financial sustainability and improve overall performance.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Stacey M. Childress, Alnoor S. Ebrahim, Allen S. Grossman, Regina E. Herzlinger, James P. Honan, Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard (faculty chair), F. Warren McFarlan
Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations
In this program designed for nonprofit executives, you learn to measure performance in ways that help your organization better fulfill its mission. Effective measurement can improve accountability while aligning the organization's activities with its strategy. As you explore different performance measurement approaches, you will develop the perspective needed to select and implement the methods best suited to your organization's unique challenges.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Nava Ashraf, Alnoor S. Ebrahim, Allen S. Grossman (faculty cochair), James P. Honan, Robert S. Kaplan, Christine W. Letts (faculty cochair), Christopher Stone
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
Recognizing that change is omnipresent, this program offers proactive methods for mastering the evolving requirements of nonprofit leadership. By examining core management concepts and the best practices of successful nonprofits, you will learn how to develop new strategies and lead organizational change amid shifting demands for services, changing operating environments, and recurring financial pressures.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Nava Ashraf, Stacey M. Childress, Allen S. Grossman, Regina E. Herzlinger, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard (faculty chair), F. Warren McFarlan, Mark H. Moore, V. Kasturi Rangan, Howard H. Stevenson, Anita L. Tucker
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
Programs, dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change.
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