The Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management session originally scheduled for 12–18 JUL 2020 has been cancelled as a precautionary measure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We regret the inconvenience, but the safety and health of our community is of the utmost importance. Please consider applying to the 11–17 JUL 2021 offering of Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. If you have any questions, please contact executive_education@hbs.edu.
Summary
Today's nonprofit organizations are faced with shifting demands for services, mounting financial pressures, and diverse operational challenges. To fulfill their missions, nonprofit leaders must step up their game and create organizations that can thrive in the midst of change. Exploring crucial concepts and skills for nonprofit leadership in uncertain times, this program will prepare you to strengthen fiscal management and accountability while leading the evolution needed to create an effective, high-performing organization.
Today's nonprofit organizations are faced with shifting demands for services, mounting financial pressures, and diverse operational challenges. To fulfill their missions, nonprofit leaders must step up their game and create organizations that can thrive in the midst of change. Exploring crucial concepts and skills for nonprofit leadership in uncertain times, this program will prepare you to strengthen fiscal management and accountability while leading the evolution needed to create an effective, high-performing organization.
This program delivers the strategic perspectives, leadership skills, and practical tools you need to drive change across the organization. You will leave fully prepared to take decisive action and create a more responsive, successful, and sustainable nonprofit organization.
This program delivers the strategic perspectives, leadership skills, and practical tools you need to drive change across the organization. You will leave fully prepared to take decisive action and create a more responsive, successful, and sustainable nonprofit organization.
Details
Lead important changes that enable your organization to thrive and grow
Focus your mission and create service offerings that truly address the needs of your target populations
Develop the core capabilities, external alliances, and operational alignment needed to fulfill your mission and execute your strategy
Strengthen your financial position, create a more accountable organization, and improve relationships with your board
Implement appropriate and effective performance management and control systems
Expand your personal and professional network
Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
Who Should Attend
Nonprofit executive directors and chief executive officers who are responsible for shaping the direction, mission, policies, and major programs of their organizations
Participating organizations must be public-serving nonprofits, fully operational, and out of the startup phase; they typically have operating budgets in excess of $1 million
Not appropriate for: Industry or trade associations, management support organizations, or consulting firms
Program fees are subsidized by Harvard Business School and its Social Enterprise Initiative. Limited, additional need-based scholarship funding may be available. Visit the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative website for scholarship information.
Dive Deeper into the Experience
Vital Lessons in Leadership
Read about the program from the founder and CEO of Karam Foundation.
Nonprofit executive directors and chief executive officers who are responsible for shaping the direction, mission, policies, and major programs of their organizations
Participating organizations must be public-serving nonprofits, fully operational, and out of the startup phase; they typically have operating budgets in excess of $1 million
Not appropriate for: Industry or trade associations, management support organizations, or consulting firms
Program fees are subsidized by Harvard Business School and its Social Enterprise Initiative. Limited, additional need-based scholarship funding may be available. Visit the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative website for scholarship information.
Dive Deeper into the Experience
Vital Lessons in Leadership
Read about the program from the founder and CEO of Karam Foundation.
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
Admissions Criteria and Process
We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.
Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).
Application Submission
We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.
Application Review
To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.
We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.
Answering Your Questions
Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).
Application Submission
We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.
Application Review
To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.
What You Will Learn
Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies on nonprofit organizations, group exercises, and structured and informal group discussions, you will explore how today's nonprofit leaders are tackling a broad range of challenges. As you enhance core skills crucial to managing nonprofit organizations, you will prepare to implement new strategies and drive change across your organization.
Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies on nonprofit organizations, group exercises, and structured and informal group discussions, you will explore how today's nonprofit leaders are tackling a broad range of challenges. As you enhance core skills crucial to managing nonprofit organizations, you will prepare to implement new strategies and drive change across your organization.
Developing appropriate performance measures and management control systems
People and organizations
Creating strategic collaborations with nonprofit and for-profit organizations
Assessing organizational performance
Identifying and fostering the characteristics of high-performance organizations
Change leadership
Defining your mission and aligning the organization behind it
Creating a successful partnership with the board
Mobilizing resources for change
Managing for sustainability and growth
Peer Consultation Sessions: Applying Strategic Concepts to Your Organization
Breaking into small groups, you and your peers will work together on challenges that each of you has identified as critical to the success of your respective organizations. Employing insights from the curriculum and from your peers, you will formulate an action plan that you can implement immediately upon returning to work.
Breaking into small groups, you and your peers will work together on challenges that each of you has identified as critical to the success of your respective organizations. Employing insights from the curriculum and from your peers, you will formulate an action plan that you can implement immediately upon returning to work.
The HBS Advantage
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.
Faculty Chair
Herman B. 'Dutch' Leonard
Harvard Business School:
Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Kennedy School:
George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management Teaching Programs
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.
Faculty Chair
Herman B. 'Dutch' Leonard
Harvard Business School:
Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Kennedy School:
George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management Teaching Programs
Program content, dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.
Simple Lessons, Shared Values, and Unlocking Potential
A nonprofit executive's HBS Executive Education experience.
