UPLIFTS Leadership Course

Speakers:

Kirsten Rodgers, EdD, MSPH, MCHES®

Michele Bildner, MPH, MCHES®

Davondra Brown, MEd, MCHES®

Victoria Williams, PhD

This 5-module leadership course is designed to better prepare mid-career professionals to lead health education into the next era through effective leadership and emphasizes the need to focus on strategic skills including change management, diversity, and inclusion, systems thinking, and persuasive communication.

Synchronous Session 1:

Module 2: Transition to Team Leadership

Description: 
In this second module, leadership within a team is discussed.  Learners will gain insight into the skills required for being effective team members and facilitating teams.  The six pillars of the character covered in module 1 will be expanded upon to include how each characteristic applies to ethical decision-making and how to distribute equitable responsibility and power among team members. A reading assignment will provide depth to the topic and provide learners with practical application. Transitional challenges, team member equity, and problem-solving using ethical leadership will be shared and illustrated in a case study. An assessment of team leadership skills will help learners identify the next step in their personal leadership plan.

At the end of module 2, learners will;
1. Identify at least five characteristics of effective teams.
2. Describe how at least five cross-cutting skills can be applied to team leadership.
3. Demonstrate at least three team leadership skills using a case study.

Module 3:  Leader-Oriented Approaches to Conflict

Description
The third module in the UPLIFT series will introduce a strategy for conflict management.  Leadership-oriented approaches to conflict management will be presented.  A case study will demonstrate how leaders bring disagreements into the open and address them. Using their own examples, learners will participate in the asynchronous discussions of how conflict can be transformative for the development of effective teams.  Tools for managing conflict in teams and organizations will be shared.  Additional competencies will be added to the learner’s personal leadership plan.

At the end of module 3, learners will;
1. Describe why conflict management is a leadership skill.
2. Identify tips to create greater emotional intelligence to react to conflict during times of change.
3. Define at least four approaches to manage conflict among team members.
4. Demonstrate at least two conflict management strategies.