Webinars & videos
These archived webinars introduce important leadership concepts that will be built upon and discussed in more depth during the CALAPH Retreat. Watch each webinar and discuss with your teammates prior by the Friday, January 24.
Dr. Judith Monroe on Dr. William Foege’s 10 Lessons
Dr. Judith Monroe created the vision for the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health. She is the director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Foundation and has also served as director of the Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (currently CSTLTS, a Center of CDC), and the deputy director for the CDC. In this keynote address, Dr. Monroe provides her perspective on leadership and the importance of purpose and collaboration by sharing stories woven together with Dr. William Foege’s leadership lessons.
The Power of Vulnerability
Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Brown's 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the most watched talks on TED.com, with over nearly 30 million views. Check it out!
What Makes Us Get Sick? Look Upstream
Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, a physician in South Central Los Angeles, goes to the root cause of what is making his patients ill—the “upstream" factors like poor diets, stressful jobs, and a lack of fresh air. Manchanda's 2014 TEDSalon talk, What Makes Us Get Sick? Look Upstream, is his perspective on health and what health care should look like for everyone.
Agile Leadership to Advance Community Health Equity: Introductory Concepts
Eric Baumgartner, MD, MPH, and former LAPH advisor, presents some crucial leadership topics and strategies including an introduction to agile/adaptive leadership.
Rocky Times: Why Agile Leadership is Crucial for Impact
LAPH program alumni discuss leveraging multi-sector partnerships to advance equity in their communities. Each leader’s story exemplifies the adaptive skills necessary to pivot strategy as necessary to truly meet the needs of their communities and achieve higher impacts.
Leadership Models We Can Learn From
Leadership Models We Can Learn From, features a panel discussion between Chad Smith, JD, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1999 to 2011, and Curtis Weaver, MA, Senior Adviser to the Director of Biosurveillance Coordination at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These leaders have two different leadership models: meta-leadership and tribal leadership. Through their discussion, you will be able to reflect on leadership models in relation to your personal style, gain new knowledge about different models of leadership, and hear case examples of different models in action.
Essential reading
LAPH Building Adaptive Leaders Case Study (Center for Health Leadership & Impact, 2021)
LAPH has a long history of emphasizing adaptive leadership skill development in its program model and adaptive leadership principles are deeply embedded into LAPH’s program design and practices. In this case study, LAPH participants reported that the program impacted how they approached certain challenges in their applied projects, how they see themselves as leaders, and how their adaptive leadership skills have benefited work in their communities. As public health issues continue to evolve, programs like LAPH are crucial for supporting leaders develop the skills needed to effectively advance health and equity in our communities.
LAPH Health Equity and Racial Justice Case Study (Center for Health Leadership & Impact, 2021)
Driven by the history of public health and the rise in awareness of health inequities disproportionately affecting different areas of the country, LAPH committed to developing a program that bolsters skills and knowledge needed to address health equity within communities. The program design integrates health equity and related topics including racial justice, multi-sector engagement, and social determinants of health throughout program content. This case study was developed from an in-depth review of the health equity principles across program design, program materials, program surveys, and a series of retrospective interviews with LAPH alumni conducted in September 2021.
Centering Equity in Collective Impact (Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2022) - Written by several authors including the two original authors of the Stanford Social Innovation Review “Collective Impact” article, they reflect more than ten years down the road on the importance of centering equity in the practice of Collective Impact.
Leading in Public Health through Collective Impact (Erin Fawley, 2018) - An overview of the background, strengths, weaknesses, and applications of several different collective impact models as used by leaders in the public health sector.
Cross-sector Collaboration: What the Tipping Point Looks Like (Van Ton-Quinlivan, 2017)
Small Wins - Redefining the Scale of Social Problems (Karl E. Weick, 1984)
The Water of Systems Change (John Kania, Mark Kramer, Peter Senge, 2018)