Discussion Post
• Explain why it important to understand leadership styles and traits as a future public health professional. Include discussion of some of the unique challenges faced by public health leaders, and how knowledge of personal leadership style and skills can help one navigate and lead in the public health system. In replies to peers, provide additional examples to support the ideas presented or justify whether you agree or disagree with the ideas presented by others.
• Using what you know about your personal leadership style and the tenets of servant leadership, explain why it is important to be able to meld these principles together as a public health professional and leader. Provide two suggestions for doing so. In replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the ideas presented, and justify your response using the topic Resources.
• Think about potential leadership opportunities you could engage in or ways that you currently exhibit leadership, formally or informally, in various settings within your community. This could be within specific organizations or social groups with which you engage. As a member or potential leader of these organizations or groups, describe ways you have or may exhibit, acknowledge, address, and assess cultural differences. Include discussion of and specific examples that illustrate this. In replies to peers, provide additional strategies your peers could employ to address cultural differences in the leadership roles they have described
• When developing a culture of health, one must understand how racism, discrimination, and ethnicity affect a community. Research an example of a public health situation related to racism, discrimination, or ethnicity. Discuss whether you agree with how the situation was handled by public health leaders and explain why. Considering the tenets of servant leadership and your personal leadership style, explain how you would address the situation if you were the leader in this community. In replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with your peers' assessment of the example situations and justify your response.
• Review the topic Resources and provide a real-world example of the appropriate use of systems thinking approach and the appropriate use of strategic planning approach. Explain why the two approaches are not interchangeable. Include a review of the similarities and differences between the two approaches in your discussion. In replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the examples provided as illustrative of each approach, and justify the response using the topic Resources.
• Refer back to the " Recognizing the Challenges of Leadership" topic material and consider the role of the public health professional in policy and advocacy and as an agent of change. Do you see yourself as an agent of change? If so, how? If not, why not? When replying to peers, provide and discuss strategies for public health advocacy and ways to become an agent of change.
• Your textbook refers to 20 essential communication skills necessary for effective communication for public health leaders. Identify what you think are the three most important skills for effective team management by a public health leader. Discuss why you selected these as priorities and provide examples of how these skills can contribute to effective team management and supervision. In replies to peers, discuss strategies that could be employed to improve the communication skills listed.
• Building and maintaining collaborative partnerships in public health is an essential part of public health leadership. Describe how collaboration can serve as a way to build social capital. Discuss two examples of challenges that can arise from collaborations in public health and describe specific qualities and characteristics a public health leader could exhibit to overcome these challenges in collaboration. In replies to peers, provide additional strategies for overcoming the example challenges.
• List two management strategies that can use applied to foster public and private partnerships. Provide an example of an existing public/private partnership that you think is successful. In replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with your peers' assessment of the existing partnership or provide another example of a similar partnership based upon your own workplace experience.
• In your own words, define governance in public health. Discuss the different governance structures. Provide an example of one.
• Discuss your strengths in building trust as a collaborative leader. Identify your most important areas for improvement in building trust. In your own words, discuss how trust determines relationships within the public health system. Provide an example to illustrate your ideas. In replies to peers, provide specific ideas or steps that can be taken to help your peers improve their trust-building skills and explain why the ideas and resources you have shared could be helpful to them. Include relevant links when possible.
• Discuss the suggestions you received for trust building along with your own ideas for how you can improve on developing trust. List three action steps you will take to foster trust and build a strong team the next time you are leading a group. In replies to peers, provide feedback on the selected action steps along with ideas for additional action steps that could be taken to foster trust, build a strong team and create a culture of health.
• Review the topic material "Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health." Consider the ethical principles through the Christian worldview lens and from the perspective of the moral and ethical obligations of public health professional to serve others. As a public health professional, there may be times when the Christian worldview is challenged, creating an ethical dilemma. Describe a situation in which a public health challenge presents a conflict with the Christian worldview. Explain how you would apply the "Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health" to approach this ethical dilemma and resolve the issue. In replies to peers, provide feedback on the proposed solution and identify additional alternatives for addressing the public health issue ethically.
• An important aspect of leadership is understanding how to tailor communication based upon the recipient of the message. Thinking about the "A Case Study of Environmental Injustice: The Failure in Flint" topic material, discuss how the public health message you would send to the affected community would differ from the message you would send to policymakers. Explain factors you would consider in order to provide ethical, timely communication, and special considerations that need to be made in order to communicate with each of these audiences effectively.
• Provide an example of mentoring you have experienced as either a mentee or mentor. Discuss the benefits of mentoring and coaching for the mentee and coaches. Explain how personal mentoring and team mentoring can be related.
• Envision how you could apply servant leadership in practice as a public health professional or as a mentor. Provide an example to illustrate your ideas. Include discussion of how motivating individual excellence, fulfillment, and the development of others can create power.
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.