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"For senior executives, effectiveness is determined not
just by what theyknow, but by their ability to integrate
and act on what they know"
PROFESSOR HERMAN "DUTCH" LEONARD,
FACULTY CHAIR, SENIOR EXECUTIVE FELLOWS

  
Senior Executive Fellows
  A four-week program designed to help senior executives develop
integrated skills of strategy and leadership.
Mid-March to Early April
THE PROGRAM
In today's world, senior executives need to be leaders as well as managers. But being a leader often means acquiring a new skill set. Functional expertise is overshadowed by the need to build coalitions, drive results and performance, and guide organizational change.

The Senior Executive Fellows program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government provides you with practical, effective tools that can help you:

  • Identify and analyze the challenges and opportunities facing your organization, and master them politically, as well as technically.
  • Develop strategic plans of action using communication, negotiation and coalition-building skills.
  • Manage the tensions between long-term policy goals and short-term political pressures.
  • Create an organizational environment that is responsive to change, while remaining true to its purpose and tradition.

The program does not teach answers to specific problems - it provides
a strategic approach to problem-solving. From the start, you'll take on
a leadership role, discovering ways to look at issues from new perspectives. You'll learn how to generate a more diverse array of possible interpretations, and therefore, a wider range of possible solutions. Through classwork, group work, and individual study, you'll practice strategic analysis daily, until it becomes a natural, ingrained response.
The program also focuses on skills associated with the OPM's "executive core qualifications" Over the course of four weeks, you'll work with distinguished members of tlie Harvard faculty and with your peers, translating these words and ideas into effective, on-the-job actions. You will learn to employ these competencies, enhancing your performance as well as your agency's.