Programme Structure

The executive education element is provided by the prestigious JFK School of Government at Harvard University on an intensive full-time basis in the first two weeks of the Programme.

The Academic Programme comprises of two weeks intensive study using the Kennedy School's specially designed case study method of learning.

The purpose of the Leadership in Action programme is to help participants consolidate and apply learning from the first two weeks in Harvard by exploring some of the concepts considered there, in the context of real challenges faced by key players in the public, private and voluntary sectors in Ireland.

By the end of Leadership in Action, participants will be able to:

• explain the impact and relevance of leadership skills in action in the context of real challenges faced by leaders across sectors in Ireland;
• successfully apply a range of leadership skills and insights from the programme to challenges in their own organisations;
• contribute to and draw on a supportive network of professional relationships on a cross-border and cross-sectoral basis.

On return from the programme, participants will be expected to undertake individual Leadership Challenges, which will include meetings with some other members of the group. The programme will conclude with a two-day residential event led by members of the Kennedy School of Government.

Around six months after return, there will be a 2-day module of classes held in Belfast, at which Kennedy School faculty will be represented.