Eugene B. Kogan

Dr. Eugene B. Kogan is an award-winning Harvard thought leader and keynote speaker on power strategies in negotiation and leadership. Part of KPMG’s Negotiation & Coaching Team, he teaches at Harvard Professional & Executive Development.

For almost 20 years, he has been enabling thousands of executives worldwide to make strategic choices during pivotal moments. With insights grounded in rigorous research — including a co-authored book, Mediation: Negotiation by Other Moves (Wiley 2021) — and firsthand learning from masters of the craft like Henry Kissinger, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell, Dr. Kogan offers tailored approaches to cultivate resilient, forward-thinking leadership cultures that thrive on challenges and embrace change thereby adding substantial value to C-suite leadership, deal-making, and strategic execution.

He has enabled the development of public- and private-sector executives as well as high-performance teams in the United States, Asia, and the Middle East. As an Executive Coach at Harvard Business School, he counseled city mayors in Eastern and Western Europe on innovative approaches to team management and external communication amid COVID-19 and unprecedented migration challenges.

As a startup mentor at Harvard Business School, he partners with ambitious early-stage founders during moments that matter: aligning solutions to the priorities of economic buyers, building credibility through resonant storytelling, and unlocking high-leverage networks that convert vision into traction. Combining academic rigor from his teaching at Harvard with real-world executive coaching experience, Dr. Kogan serves as a sounding board, strategic guide, and champion for mission-driven innovators.

He earned a Ph.D. from Brandeis University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also has executive education certifications in negotiation, mediation, and leadership from Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation.

Programs Eugene Teaches

Advanced Negotiation Skills
Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders