For leaders in hospitals, insurers, pharmaceuticals and health technology who must direct diverse clinical and non-clinical teams through a rapidly changing sector.
Complete the three modules and Harvard Online issues your Certificate of Specialization in Health Care Leadership.
Curriculum developed and delivered by faculty from Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
SkillsPro360 posts the hard copy to you, alongside a Certified Electronic Credential for LinkedIn.
A professional credential from Harvard Online, listed on your resume and LinkedIn profile.
Harvard Online coursework is self-paced and pre-recorded. Between modules your cohort meets live — fortnightly, ninety minutes, facilitated by experienced practitioners — to practice what the coursework can only describe.
Raising a concern with a senior colleague, and structuring a proposal so it lands with clinical and executive stakeholders alike. Practiced live, with feedback.
Handling resistance, disagreement and conflict across professional boundaries — the conversations that decide whether an improvement effort survives.
Each session works on a real challenge from your own organization, with peer consultation and expert critique rather than hypothetical cases.
Clarity on your personal strengths and derailers, and how to manage both under the pressure that sustained change creates.
Sessions are scheduled between Harvard modules, never on top of them. A certificate for the live executive component is awarded on completion.
Harvard cohorts run a few times a year, so there are natural gaps between modules. Two things keep you moving through them — so the momentum never drops.
Each module is taught through real organizational cases, with assignments that apply the thinking to your own workplace.
Aligning business strategy with the structures and constraints of the health care industry, through authentic business cases and conversations with industry experts.
The science of teaming in health care, from the researchers who defined psychological safety — applied to fast-forming teams working under pressure.
Practical frameworks for thinking strategically about digital and AI solutions, designing them for health care's culture and ecosystem, and navigating multiple stakeholders.
Syllabus topics are set by Harvard Online and may be revised between cohorts.
Health care is a multidisciplinary endeavor, requiring leaders to direct diverse teams across different backgrounds and business functions. This program is designed for the people doing that.
No clinical qualification or technical background required. Taught in English; participants should be 18 or over. Cases are drawn largely from US and international organizations; the frameworks apply to health systems anywhere.
Your coursework is designed and delivered by Harvard faculty, with industry practitioners bringing real cases into each module.
Professor Dafny teaches health care strategy and co-directs the PhD Program in Business Economics. She also serves on the faculties of the Harvard Kennedy School and the Program in Health Policy.
Professor Edmondson pioneered the concept of psychological safety over twenty years and was ranked number one on the Thinkers50 global listing of management thinkers in 2021.
A practicing cardiologist, Dr Shaw directs Harvard Medical School's programs for the health care industry. His research studies how digital tools and patient-reported data can better assess health and disease.
Structured enough to keep you moving, flexible enough to fit around a full-time role in any time zone.
You study alongside a global cohort, with discussion boards where peers from other industries and markets debate the same cases.
Modules open on set dates with weekly deadlines, so the program carries momentum — but you choose which hours you study.
Each module is assessed through assignments applying the frameworks to real cases and to your own organization.
Live instructor-led sessions with expert coaches turn the concepts into how you brief, decide and persuade at work.
One fee covering the three Harvard Online modules, 36 hours of live executive sessions, twelve months of app access, three months of Voca and a dedicated advisor throughout.
Four steps, usually completed within a week.
A twenty-minute conversation with a program advisor to check the program fits your role and goals. No obligation.
We confirm the upcoming cohort dates that suit your schedule and map your route through the modules.
Confirm your place, then complete payment by international card or bank transfer. An invoice is issued for employer-funded participants.
We enroll you directly with Harvard Online. Your access details arrive by email before your start date.
Hospital groups, insurers and pharmaceutical companies routinely fund Harvard Online programs as part of leadership development. If your employer funds professional development, this program is straightforward to propose — we provide a scope document and invoice directly, and multi-seat rates apply from ten participants.
No. The program is designed for leaders across the health care system — clinical and non-clinical alike. Participants come from strategy, finance, operations, commercial, technology and consulting roles as well as from clinical practice.
We have deliberately selected the three modules that travel best internationally. Cases are drawn from organizations including the NHS, Cleveland Clinic, Google Health and Mayo Clinic, and the frameworks apply to health systems anywhere.
Modules run five weeks each, at four to nine hours a week depending on the module — the teamwork module is the most demanding. Most participants complete the program in about ten months, since Harvard cohorts run a few times a year.
The program fee is USD 5,700 per participant, covering all three Harvard Online modules, the live sessions, twelve months of app access and three months of Voca. You may pay in full or in three interest-free installments of USD 1,900. We accept international cards and bank transfers, and organizations are invoiced directly. Discounts apply only when you pay in full; installment payments are not eligible for discounts.
Voca is SkillsPro360's AI-powered practice tool. You can rehearse a presentation, run a mock interview, or have your CV reviewed — privately, on demand, as many times as you like. Three months of access are included, timed to the point in the program where it is most useful.
Harvard Online. On completing the program you receive your certificate directly from Harvard Online. SkillsPro360 is a delivery partner — we are not Harvard University.
Cohorts run to fixed deadlines, but the program is built around the natural gaps between Harvard cohorts. If work demands it, you can take a break between modules and join a later cohort — your advisor will map a revised route with you.
You are assigned a program advisor throughout, and your enrollment includes live instructor-led sessions with expert coaches plus Voca, our AI-powered practice tool for interviews, presentations and CV review.
Harvard Online issues your certificate, and SkillsPro360 posts the hard copy to your home address, usually six to eight weeks after you are notified of your eligibility. You also receive a Certified Electronic Credential to share on LinkedIn.
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