Steve Jarding
Courses & Expertise

The work, made
into a course.

A lifetime of practice — distilled into training that leaders, teams, and institutions can learn from directly.

Steve Jarding teaching
The approach

Over four decades — on winning campaigns, in the Harvard classroom, and in training rooms in more than fifty countries — Steve Jarding developed a new paradigm of professional communication. The areas below are drawn directly from work he has done: the institutions he has trained, the leaders he has advised, and the audiences he has taught.

Areas of training & advising
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Communication

The core of his work — teaching people at every level, from students to heads of state, to speak with clarity and command a room.

The professional communication paradigm

His signature work — teaching leaders and professionals to communicate with clarity, confidence, and authenticity. The method he built at Harvard and refined in more than fifty countries.

Delivered  Most sought-after course at Harvard's Kennedy School · recognized at the 8th World Government Summit, Dubai (2022) · workshop for 19,000 delegates

Communication training at institutional scale

Designing and delivering communication training across an entire organization — from senior leadership down through the workforce.

Delivered  Trained all 40,000 UAE government employees and 300 government ministers

Communication for executives & professionals

Training for professionals whose success depends on being understood — executives, faculty, and practitioners across fields.

Delivered  Stanford University faculty · North American Uber executives · lawyers and doctors · business leaders worldwide
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Leadership & Politics

Four decades inside campaigns and governments — strategy, message, and the discipline of leading under real political stakes.

Political campaign management & strategy

Campaign strategy, message development, and the art of reaching constituencies others overlook — built on a record of winning US Senate and gubernatorial races.

Delivered  Named by Roll Call among the 50 most influential political operators in America · senior advisor to Mongolian PM Oyun-Erdene's 2025 re-election

Leadership & communications training

Leadership development and communications training for students, faculty, and emerging leaders.

Delivered  Annual training for Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School & MIT students · IESE Business School, Spain · Kautilya School of Public Policy, India · elected officials, candidates & staff with the RAPS organization, São Paulo, Brazil (2012–2018)

Training for parliaments & political parties

Communication and strategy training for elected officials, parliamentary staff, and party leadership.

Delivered  Trained 100+ members of Parliament and staff in Romania · political party leaders in the Republic of Georgia · NGO leaders in Poland working to counter election interference
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Democratic Resilience

More recent work protecting the integrity of elections and public discourse — countering disinformation and foreign interference.

Countering disinformation

Building programs to identify, expose, and counter disinformation and online manipulation.

Delivered  Global President of Corporate Affairs, Pixstory (2020–2023) · disinformation-response program for a leading global cybersecurity firm

Election integrity & party strength

Advising institutions and civil-society groups working to protect free elections and strengthen democratic parties against foreign interference.

Delivered  Party-strength assessment for the International Republican Institute in Poland (2023) · election-integrity advising in the Republic of Georgia
Steve Jarding with participants
Working closely with participants.

Formats

These areas can be delivered as executive courses, intensive workshops, seminars, and lectures — for a single leader, a team, or an entire institution. Each engagement is shaped to the group and its goals.

Who he works with

Governments and public institutions · universities and business schools · political campaigns and parties · NGOs and civil-society organizations · corporations and executive teams · professionals across law, medicine, and business.

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Programs can be designed for a single leader, a team, or an entire institution.

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