Leadership ought to set a good example, innovate and inspire, imbue the organisation with the desire to perform at a high level, on the one hand, and to safeguard core values, on the other. In this course, students gain insight into the leadership behaviour of others and of themselves and discuss what it takes to be considered the designer of an organisation or an organisational unit Leadership is a vital part of achieving international health goals and is critical to the success of efforts to reduce inequality and improve health. However, the rapidly changing environment and huge variations in available health resources make leadership in health a complex and constantly evolving issue.
This course seeks to impart key concepts and experiences of leadership in health to those engaged in or entering public and international health roles basing it on leadership theories, professional leadership reflective practice based on self-awareness of personality traits as well as ability to deal with power and distance, solve conflicts and collaborate with stakeholders across sectors for the population health benefit.
Course Content:
- Key debates around leadership in international health and implications for leaders within organisations
- Theoretical frameworks of leadership and application to field of health
- Transactional and transformational leadership
- Emotional intelligence, team motivation, communications and managing people
- Personal and professional development planning
- Strategic stakeholder analysis and stakeholder engagement
- Mentoring, coaching and feedback techniques.
- Self-assessment of leadership competencies to identify knowledge gaps and further training needs
- Decision-making processes and “unconscious learning”
- Short Course in International Health Management
- Leadership
- Assumptions about “objectivity” and “fairness”
- Culturally diverse environments through reflective engagement
- Self-knowledge and self-awareness
- Awareness of other people’s personality styles
- Solving conflicts enhanced
- Management of team dynamics enhanced
- Rediscovery of self through past experience
- Emotional reinvestment of past experiences, practices, & actions
- Realisation of one’s own abilities and potential
- Self-empowerment technique