Harvard Kennedy School Executive Programme: Leadership in Crises: Preparation and Performance

Harvard Kennedy School Executive Programme: Leadership in Crises: Preparation and Performance

03/05/2021 - 07/05/2021
Location: Online
Organiser: Harvard Kennedy School
Event type: Training

Deadline to apply: 19 April

Fees:3600 USD

Leadership in Crises  will provide you and a global cohort of your peers with a greater understanding of the:

  • Dynamics of emergencies overall and what differentiates crisis situations from routine emergencies
  • Role leadership plays in crafting and executing appropriate responses and preparing organizations in advance of a crisis
  • Multiple dimensions of situational awareness
  • Skills leaders need for working decisively in the highly concentrated time-frame of an emergency, while maintaining a focus on managing and motivating a team
  • Critical coordination demands of large-scale crises that engage multiple response organizations from many jurisdictions and levels of government
  • Tensions that frequently arise between senior emergency management professionals and political leaders and how they can work together effectively

(Source: Harvard Kennedy School)