Tapping Into Your Leadership Potential and Managing Conflict Effectively
This one-day leadership skills development workshop is based on the MCH Leadership Skills Development Series and includes a mix of interactive group activities, case study, video clips with discussion, and individual reflection.
Workshop Facilitators:
Holly Grason, MA, Associate Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Marjory Ruderman, MHS, Project Director, MCH Leadership Skills Development Series This workshop is intended to:
- Enhance the leadership skills of individuals working to promote maternal and child health in their communities and state,
- Promote regional collaboration and leadership capacity, and
- Provide resources for attendees to implement leadership skills training in their own organizations. | The workshop will cover two broad topics: | 1. Tapping Into Your Leadership Potential | | Learning Objectives: | - Participants will identify characteristics they consider important to leadership.
- Participants will identify their own leadership qualities and those they would like to further develop.
- Participants will understand the difference between management and leadership in the context of organizational development.
- Participants will be able to apply their concepts of leadership to a case study scenario.
| 2. Managing Conflict Effectively | | Learning Objectives: | - Participants will examine their personal views of, and reactions to, conflict.
- Participants will examine the effects of their emotions on their effectiveness at work.
- Participants will enhance their communication and negotiation skills to more productively deal with conflict.
- Participants will learn and apply new strategies for analyzing and responding to conflict.
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All MCH professionals and community partners in HHS Region 3 are invited to attend (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia). Attendees may come from local and state agencies, community-based and state-level nonprofit organizations, universities and medical centers. Program directors, staff, parent/family advocates, trainees and faculty are welcome. We encourage multidisciplinary, cross-institutional teams to attend together.
Registration for the workshop is now closed. Please contact Lauren Zerbe at 410-502-7474 or lzerbe@jhsph.edu for more information and to be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, contact Marjory Ruderman at 434-244-2921 or mruderma@jhsph.edu or Lauren Zerbe at 410-502-7474 or lzerbe@jhsph.edu. This workshop is offered as a continuing education function of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health MCH Training Program, funded by the MCH Bureau. |
