Leadership and Management
Equip yourself with leadership skills and management strategies to navigate disruption and guide organizations toward healthier, more equitable futures.
Topic Area Summary
Today’s health care leaders face complex challenges that demand strong and visionary leadership.
Rising costs, staff attrition, health inequities, and the ongoing impacts of COVID have strained health systems worldwide.
Now more than ever, the health of populations relies on the ability of leaders to navigate disruption, make difficult decisions, and guide their organizations toward a healthier future. The Leadership and Management programs at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive and Continuing Education provide the insights and tools professionals need to rise to the occasion.
The articles and programs on this page are designed to help equip professionals with the skills and strategies needed to transform health care. Explore topics like health equity, quality improvement, and crisis leadership—as well as build skills in critical areas such as conflict resolution, negotiation, and financial management. We also offer the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization for those looking to hone their expertise in several areas of health care leadership.
Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation in Health Care
Increase your competence in navigating conflict, providing feedback, and skillfully approaching negotiations.
Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
This leadership development program focused on women provides you with the skills to lead complex health care organizations.
Health Care Quality Improvement: From Design to Implementation
Lean how to design and implement your own health care improvement project.
Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
Increase your financial literacy as a physician or administrative leader and interact more effectively with finance personnel.
Health Care Leadership Intensive for Managers
This management and leadership development program is designed to improve your skills and increase your knowledge in managing health care departments.
Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care
Learn how to confront and remediate unfair practices and advance health equity in your community or practice.
Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers
Join fellow division chiefs for an intensive study of the critical leadership and management issues facing academic health centers.
Health Care Leadership for Emerging Executives
Master essential leadership skills to influence stakeholders, solve complex challenges, and navigate the evolving health care landscape.
Program for Chairs of Clinical Services
Join hospital chairs for a systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues facing chairs, their departments, and teaching hospitals.
The International Leadership Development Program for Physicians
Develop leadership and management skills to be a more effective and efficient leader.
Health Care Project Management
Grow project leadership abilities for clinicians, administrators, and operations professionals in health care settings.
