COVID-19 Community Updates

Dear HBS Executive Education Community,

The global outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is top of mind for individuals and organizations across the world. Here at HBS Executive Education, we’ve taken steps to protect the health and safety of our community in coordination with Harvard University and following guidance from local health officials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Regrettably, we have cancelled program sessions in the near term and are in close contact with participants who are impacted by this decision. Given the evolving nature of the COVID-19 outbreak, please check our website and our program finder regularly to learn more about future programs that are accepting applications and any other program news. If you are currently admitted to a program, we will inform you at least two weeks in advance of your program start date if there are any changes to the program schedule. In the event of any changes, we will work closely with you to provide alternate options.

At the end of this note, we’ve curated thought leadership from Harvard Business Review and our faculty to support you as you navigate through this unprecedented time.

Our Program Advising team is fully operational and here to help as you consider your personal and professional development plans for the future. You can reach them at executive_education@hbs.edu. We look forward to welcoming you to campus as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Luis M. Viceira
Senior Associate Dean
HBS Executive Education

Nancy DellaRocco
Executive Director
HBS Executive Education

Resources for leaders like you:

How to Reassure Your Team When the News Is Scary
Communicating in the face of uncertainty is a constant leadership challenge. Allison Shapira of the Harvard Kennedy School provides five steps to be effective in managing high-stakes communications to multiple audiences simultaneously.

Don’t Hide Bad News in Times of Crisis
Transparency is "job one" for leaders in crisis. Amy C. Edmondson, faculty of our Risk Management for Corporate Leaders and Managing Health Care Delivery programs, advises to be clear what you know, what you don’t know, and what you’re doing to learn more.

How Chinese Companies Have Responded to Coronavirus
China appears to be in the early stages of an economic rebound according to this analysis of high-frequency data on proxies for the movement of people and goods, production, and confidence. Here are 12 early lessons to be learned for leaders elsewhere.