Maternal and Child HealthLeadership Skills Development Series

www.jhsph.edu/wchpc/mchldsWomen’s and Children’s Health Policy Center

Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center

Leadership skills training modules that are:

• Web-based

• MCH-focused

• Self-directed

• Free!

The MCHLDS was funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, through an MCH Public Health Leadership Training Grant (#T76MC00003) to the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Why another leadership training resource?

• Barriers to accessing or providing leadership training

• Application of general leadership principles to the maternal and child health context

• Recognition of the need to “groom” the next generation of public health leaders

• Leadership requires life-long learning

Guiding Principles

• We all have the capacity to exhibit leadership, no matter where we “sit” in the organizational hierarchy.

• Leadership is an evolving lifelong process, not a static state of being.

Modular Format

• Module 1: Tapping Into Your Leadership Potential

• Module 2: Creating Clarity and Shared Vision

• Module 3: Building and Supporting Teams

• Module 4: Managing Conflict Effectively

• Module 5: Organizational Change (late 2008)

• Module 6: Mentoring and Developing People (spring/summer 2009)

Relationship to MCH Leadership Competencies

MCHLDS Modules Maternal and Child Health Leadership Competencies M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6

I. SELF

1. MCH Knowledge Base

2. Self-reflection

3. Ethics and Professionalism

4. Critical Thinking

II. OTHERS

5. Communication

6. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

7. Cultural Competency

8. Family-centered Care 9. Developing Others through Teac hing and

Mentoring

10. Interdisciplinary Team Building

III. WIDER COMMUNITY

11. Working with Communities and Systems

12. Policy and Advocacy

Components

• Video lecture

• Discussion questions

• Group exercises

• Case study

• Interviews with MCH leaders

• Individual self-assessment

• Individual planning worksheet

Module 1 Mini-Lecture

15 minute video

Tackling Childhood Obesity:A Case Study in MCH Leadership

Learning Objectives:

1) Break a complex task into steps and identify barriers to change.

2) Understand how the process may affect the results.

3) Apply leadership principles in a collaborative group process, by: – using data strategically,

– addressing the context for collaboration,

– creating energy around a shared vision,

– maintaining momentum toward change,

– articulating the framework and strategies for change to policy and funding decision makers.

Preparing for Conflict and Negotiation:A Case Study in Perinatal Depression

Learning Objectives:

Apply negotiation and conflict resolution techniques to a public health scenario by breaking the task into discrete steps and:

1) Clarifying the role of the primary negotiator,

2) Demonstrating how to prepare for negotiations by thinking strategically and tactically, and

3) Applying negotiation techniques to an actual public health issue.

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I generally approach conflicts/disagreements with ease and directness.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I generally resolve the conflicts or disagreements I am faced with.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I work to understand others’ perspectives and am open to being influenced.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I clarify the problem and assess it from different angles before planning solutions.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I listen attentively and actively, and I check to ensure that I understand what I’m being told.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I observe and understand nonverbal cues in others. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I am aware of my own nonverbal cues. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I recognize the effect of my emotions in resolving conflict.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I encourage people to act on information rather than assumptions.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I offer people an active role in decision making about matters that affect them. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Individual Leadership Development Plan

Module 4

a) List three aspects of your own conflict management behavior that you would like to change, eliminate, or improve.

b) Changing my approach to conflict can improve my work performance and satisfaction in the following ways:

c) Over the next 6 to 12 months, I will practice different approaches to managing conflict in the following situations or settings:

Journaling

Flexible and Varied Uses• Staff meetings or retreat

• Local, regional or state MCH conference

• Workshops offered by the local health agency for its community partners

• Integrated into other professional development activities

• Individual study

• You tell us!

Sources

• MCH Leadership Competencies

• Turning Point’s Collaborative Leadership Modules

• Johns Hopkins BSPH faculty with expertise in leadership training, especially Ben Lozare and Ann-Michele Gundlach

• MCH leaders interviewed for the MCHLDS

• Advisory group

Advisory GroupCheryl DePinto, MD, MPHMaryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Lillian Gibbons, DrPH Public Health Consultant

Cathy Hess, MSWNational Association for State Health Policy

Laura Kavanagh, MPPMaternal and Child Health Bureau

Lucia Rojas-Smith, DrPH RTI International

Nan Streeter, MS, RNUtah Department of Health

Karen VanLandeghem, MPHIndependent Consultant

Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, MD, MPHNashville-Davidson County Health Department

www.jhsph.edu/wchpc

Women’s and Children’s Health Policy CenterDepartment of Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

615 N. Wolfe StreetBaltimore, MD 21205

For questions about content or using the MCHLDS:

Marjory Ruderman

434-244-2921 or mruderma@jhsph.edu

For technical help with the website:

Lauren Zerbe

410-502-7474 or lzerbe@jhsph.edu