H a r v a r d | B u s i n e s s | S c h o o lExecutive EducationEven before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19 added further turbulence, disrupting supply chains and causing an all-out war for scarce talent. How do the best business leaders manage through these disruptions? What strategies have proven successful in unstable environments with few certainties? How do leaders continue to grow when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges?
This program welcomes executives who are tasked with setting the direction of their organization in a volatile business environment. With an equal focus on strategy and leadership, the curriculum reflects our conviction that smart strategic decision-making will bear little fruit in the absence of effective leadership, and that superb leadership skills are of little value when businesses lack strategic moves that cut through the fog of competition. Through this blended, three-module program, you will prepare to identify strategic opportunities and challenges—and then create the conditions for your organization to thrive.
This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More
Even before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19 added further turbulence, disrupting supply chains and causing an all-out war for scarce talent. How do the best business leaders manage through these disruptions? What strategies have proven successful in unstable environments with few certainties? How do leaders continue to grow when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges?
This program welcomes executives who are tasked with setting the direction of their organization in a volatile business environment. With an equal focus on strategy and leadership, the curriculum reflects our conviction that smart strategic decision-making will bear little fruit in the absence of effective leadership, and that superb leadership skills are of little value when businesses lack strategic moves that cut through the fog of competition. Through this blended, three-module program, you will prepare to identify strategic opportunities and challenges—and then create the conditions for your organization to thrive.
This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More
Through a three-pronged approach that includes strategy development, strategy execution, and leadership, you will have a rare opportunity to deepen your knowledge, broaden your expertise, and maximize your impact in all three areas of strategic leadership.
Immersed in a vibrant exchange with renowned HBS faculty and a global group of accomplished peers, you will share diverse perspectives and new industry insights. The opening and capstone three-day modules on the HBS campus flank a part-time virtual module that features live online sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom, and experiments that can be immediately applied in your organization. In the process, you will learn how to champion diversity and inclusion, foster communication and trust—and lead strategic initiatives that accelerate innovation and productivity.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 8 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 8 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
When you participate in a blended Executive Education program at Harvard Business School, you get the best of both worlds—a powerful learning experience that combines highly immersive in-person modules on the HBS campus with highly interactive virtual modules. The blended format provides opportunities to apply new skills and frameworks in your organization during the program.
Both case-based formats are led by HBS faculty, who share their latest research and engage you in a dynamic exchange of ideas with a global community of peers. Each module is carefully designed to maximize the impact, enable immediate application, and accelerate leadership growth.
When you participate in a blended Executive Education program at Harvard Business School, you get the best of both worlds—a powerful learning experience that combines highly immersive in-person modules on the HBS campus with highly interactive virtual modules. The blended format provides opportunities to apply new skills and frameworks in your organization during the program.
Both case-based formats are led by HBS faculty, who share their latest research and engage you in a dynamic exchange of ideas with a global community of peers. Each module is carefully designed to maximize the impact, enable immediate application, and accelerate leadership growth.
Through faculty presentations, workshops, small-group work and more, you will develop your ability to adapt quickly to new realities and secure a competitive advantage as markets shift. This blended learning program includes three intensive modules—two in-person and one virtual—that take place over the course of four months. All three modules feature strategy and leadership projects, global case studies, and individual and team exercises.
In the first on-campus module, you will identify patterns of success and failure in turbulent environments. The second module features live online sessions, experiments that can be immediately applied in your organization, and self-paced work. For the third module, you will return to campus and build on lessons learned, broadening your perspective to explore the challenges facing businesses and society. You will emerge with the expanded leadership skills and strategic vision you need to chart a course for your business.
Module 2 takes place over four months, with live online classes on one Wednesday per month—April 27, May 18, June 15, and July 13—from 4:30 to 6:00 PM ET. Class sessions will take place in the HBS Live Online Classroom. In addition to the live online sessions, participants will meet with their discussion groups as they work through experiments that bring classroom learning directly to their organizations. We recommend setting aside 5 hours per week, in addition to the live online classes, for self-paced work throughout Module 2.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
Through faculty presentations, workshops, small-group work and more, you will develop your ability to adapt quickly to new realities and secure a competitive advantage as markets shift. This blended learning program includes three intensive modules—two in-person and one virtual—that take place over the course of four months. All three modules feature strategy and leadership projects, global case studies, and individual and team exercises.
In the first on-campus module, you will identify patterns of success and failure in turbulent environments. The second module features live online sessions, experiments that can be immediately applied in your organization, and self-paced work. For the third module, you will return to campus and build on lessons learned, broadening your perspective to explore the challenges facing businesses and society. You will emerge with the expanded leadership skills and strategic vision you need to chart a course for your business.
Module 2 takes place over four months, with live online classes on one Wednesday per month—April 27, May 18, June 15, and July 13—from 4:30 to 6:00 PM ET. Class sessions will take place in the HBS Live Online Classroom. In addition to the live online sessions, participants will meet with their discussion groups as they work through experiments that bring classroom learning directly to their organizations. We recommend setting aside 5 hours per week, in addition to the live online classes, for self-paced work throughout Module 2.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
During Module 1, you will learn how to emerge from difficult circumstances a stronger leader—better prepared to spearhead the right strategic initiatives and more committed to achieving your personal mission and goals. Topics include:
Value creation and value capture
Strategic vision
Organizational change
Strategic trade-offs
Measuring organizational resiliency
During Module 2, you will map out your individual management style while exploring four critical topics in depth. Each topic area kicks off with a case study in the HBS Live Online Classroom followed by a related experiment and self-paced content. Topics include:
Crisis leadership and managing in uncertainty
Variable-cost firms and executive time allocation
Digital influence and network effects
The people advantage
The Module 3 capstone explores big challenges that may impact the success of your organization, from inequality to climate change. Personal leadership development sessions focus on issues specific to the C-suite, such as health, creativity, and loneliness. Topics include:
Global challenges
Personal leadership
Cultivating self-awareness
Bringing out the best in others
These on-campus sessions support and accelerate your progress in achieving personal leadership development goals. You will improve your ability to lead and collaborate with others as a member of a high-performance team.
These on-campus sessions support and accelerate your progress in achieving personal leadership development goals. You will improve your ability to lead and collaborate with others as a member of a high-performance team.
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration
Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration
Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management
Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice
John and Natty McArthur University Professor
Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration
George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management Teaching Programs
Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration
MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration
Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration
Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management
Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice
John and Natty McArthur University Professor
Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration
George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management Teaching Programs
Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration
MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration