Introduction to Course

Leaders in Health Namibia

Activity: What is your Leadership Style?

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Adapted from Anita Verna Crofts, University of Washington.

Source: International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH). 2010.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations:

Friction, Confusion, andUnderperformance.

Everything else requires leadership.- Peter Drucker

WHO Health System Framework

Source: World Health Organization, 2007.

Health System Building Blocks

Source: World Health Organization, 2007.

Leadership is an essential component

of health systems strengthening.

Why Leaders in Health series?

“Good leadership and management can be learned and must be taught alongside required technical competencies as an essential component of health systems strengthening”

O’Neil, Mary L. 2008. Human Resource Leadership: the Key to Improved Results in Health, Human Resources for Health 2008, 6:10..

Leadership Development Framework

Self-Awareness Self-Awareness Knowing Who You Are

Self-Development Self-Development Learning & improving skills

Self-DeterminationSelf-Determination Practicing and refining skills

Source: International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), 2010.

Leading from Within (1)• A leader is a person…

• With an unusual degree of power to project on other people his or her shadow, or his or her light.

• With an unusual degree of power to create the conditions under which other people must live.

• Who must take special responsibility for what is going on inside him/herself, lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

Source: Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer (2005)

Leading from Within (2)• Practicing the habits of leadership builds strong

character.– Building character is more important than learning skills and

techniques.

• We must always be asking: – What values and principles are universal? – What constitutes good character in different settings?– What can we learn from other leadership traditions?– Who are the non-Western writers, leaders, and philosophers that

we can learn from?

• Leadership takes courage.

“My supervisor and myself have different values. I cannot change her values and I have realized that. What I can change is myself and how I interact with her. This workshop has helped me realize how I need to be open to understanding different type(s) of viewpoints and how I need to first understand where they are coming from.” LIH Namibia Participant

Leadership at All Levels (1)

• Stereotypes of a “leader” can harm an organization.

• Leading and managing are commitments and practices that can be carried out by people at every level of an organization.

• Leadership is the property of the group, and must be distributed.

• The true leader elicits the strength of the group.

Leadership at All Levels (2)Rank does not confer privilege or give

power. It imposes responsibility. - Peter Drucker

Only followers can confer leadership upon a leader.

- John W. Gardner

You don’t want leaders, you want leadership.- Richard Farson

Core Competencies of Series

• Leadership• Management• Communication and Storytelling• Policy and Advocacy

Series Structure

Face to face Workshop

Distance Learning GH 521 Course

Face to face Workshop

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Phase I• The MSH Leadership and Management

Framework• The 8 Habits of Highly Successful People• Visual and Storytelling Tools for Leaders• Communication Styles• Public Speaking• Public Policy and Advocacy

Phase II• Leading and Managing Framework• Leading from Within• Team Building• Influence without Authority• Persuasive Communication• Using Monitoring Data in Management

Decision Making• Strategic Planning

Phase III

• Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI)• Narrating the Storytelling Assignment• The 8 Habits of Highly Effective People• Policy Development and Advocacy

Participant Handbook

– LIH Introduction– Agenda– Biographies– Handouts & Articles – DGH521 Syllabus– Contact information

Learning Environment

• Psychological Safety• Openness to New Ideas• Appreciation of Differences• Time for Reflection

Pre-Test