Leadership Seminar in Public Health
(2 credits)

4:30pm – 7:00pm on
September 20, 2010
November 1, 2010
December 13, 2010
January 31, 2011
March 14, 2011
May 2, 2011

Course Description
Course Objectives
Primary Faculty
Session Content
Registration

Course Description

This seminar is intended for those at the masters and doctoral levels interested in developing skills that are associated with effective leadership. Learners will have the opportunity to read studies in leadership; learn about instruments and tools that help assess leadership styles, strengths and weaknesses, explore communication strategies used by effective leaders and interview public health leaders to identify how they approach their work.

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will:

1. Have an understanding of the components of effective leadership and strategies used by effective leaders

2. Explore their own leadership styles so as to identify personal strengths and limitations

3. Develop skills in managing conflict and giving effective feedback

4. Learn and practice communication skills associated with leadership

Primary Faculty:

Robert Wm. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD
William H. Gates, Sr. Professor and Chair
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Session Content and Structure

Session 1: Leadership: An Overview
9/20/2010
This session will review the components of effective leadership and will use the story Ernest Shackleton's survival in Antarctica as an example.

Session 2: Know Thy Self
11/1/2010
Effective leaders understand their strengths and limitations and have tools to assess how they are functioning as well as those around them. This session will explore instruments such as the Profiler, the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, The Strong Campbell Vocational Interest test and other self-assessment tools. Course participants will have the opportunity to take the Meyers-Briggs and receive feedback on their personal styles.

Session 3: Managing Conflict and Giving Feedback
12/13/2010
This session will present the fundamentals of giving and receiving feedback. Through role-play and video-taping course participants will have the opportunity to practice both the giving and receiving of feedback.

Session 4: Communication for Effective Leadership
1/31/2011
This session will present elements of effective communication including: "the one-minute elevator ride," "the 30 second television interview," "the 5 minute testimony." Students will have the opportunity to practice some of these skills.
Faculty: Andy Burness, President, Burness Communications

Session 5: Small Group Leadership
3/14/2011
This session will explore issues such as proximics (the physical layout of a facility), body language, and appearance as it relates to small group leadership. Additionally, the session will discuss the Vroom-Yetton Model for participation in decision making exploring what level of participation is needed for which types of decisions.

Session 6: Discussion of Interviews with Leaders
5/2/2011
The course requirement is that each student will complete a one-on-one interview with a public health leader, write up that interview analyzing her/his leadership style and in this session each will present a summary of the interview practicing communication skills learned in the course.

Registration

Questions? Contact Lauren Ferretti at lferrett@jhsph.edu or 410-614-6676.