Offering focused Social Enterprise Executive Education programs, designed for social enterprise leaders.
The mission of Upswell is to accelerate the impact of social entrepreneurs moving their organizations from start-up to growth phase, with a focus on organizations serving communities of color. The Forum provides training, classroom discussion, and peer support explicitly grounded in the diverse identities of the participants. We strongly encourage leaders of color to participate. The Forum consists of 3 in-person days on the HBS campus, followed by a series of virtual sessions with HBS faculty and other distinguished speakers. Participants should plan to attend all sessions of the Forum.
The Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML), an online, multi-course certificate program for PreK-12 school leaders, is an innovative collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School. Bridging the fields of business and education, CSML integrates world-class faculty and research in managing teams and organizations with best practices in educational leadership, to provide school leaders with frameworks, skills, and knowledge to effectively lead and drive change improvement in schools. The CSML certificate is comprised of four courses, which can be taken independently or completed together in any order to earn a comprehensive certificate.
Discover how to align purpose with profit and develop the skills to help your business address today’s global challenges effectively. Engage in courses from Social Enterprise Initiative faculty such as Sustainable Investing, Power and Influence for Positive Impact, and more.
Students play a valuable role for organizations in tackling issues that utilize their analytic and strategic training, while learning firsthand of the rewards and complexities of working in social enterprise.
Organizations benefit directly from student interaction and output, as teams work on a project of strategic importance to the organization and reports its recommendations at the end of the term.
Giving nonprofit and public-sector organizations the opportunity to maximize their effectiveness by leveraging the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year at a salary partially supported by HBS.
Supporting an organization’s recruiting efforts to hiring a graduating MBA student for a full-time position or an alumnus for a senior-level position.
Connecting with students and alumni who are focused on improving organizational management, governance, and entrepreneurial capabilities.
