They lead a team of distinguished Harvard faculty members skilled in teaching negotiation. Professor James Sebenius teaches at the Harvard Business School and brings to the program his extensive public and private sector experience. The program moves from simple negotiation exercises to complex strategic multiparty agreements. These sessions, led by top-rank Harvard negotiations faculty, draw out the themes of the negotiations and allow participants an opportunity to internalize the lessons learned in the negotiation process. These lessons are reinforced by the wide range of lunch and dinner speakers during the session.
Evenings are usually free for negotiation preparation and interaction with other participants.
The Harvard Experience Strategic Public Sector Negotiation is an intensive educational experience, requiring complete immersion and hours of preparation. Because of the importance of interaction with colleagues and faculty, all participants are required to reside on campus. Participants will have their own bedroom in a shared suite at our Executive Program residences, located just a few minutes from classes. In general, meals are provided Monday through Friday each week. The John F. Kennedy School of Government is Harvard University's professional school serving the public sector.