GREAT PLAINS PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
2008-2009 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Schedule At-A-Glance
AUGUST 13, 2008
Orientation, Confirmation and Preparation for Kickoff
SEPTEMBER 9-11
Kickoff Session in Nebraska City, Nebraska
Foundations of Leadership
Values Driven Leadership
Team Building and Collaboration
Organizational Leadership
OCT 2008 – FEBRUARY 2009
October 14
November 11
December 9
January 13
February 10
Intersession 1 - Foundations
Collaborative Leadership
Intro to Projects - Peer Exchange
Building Shared Vision and Mission
Addressing Health Disparities
Evaluation and Accountability
MARCH 24-27, 2009
Mid-Year Session in Ashland, NE
APRIL - AUGUST 2009
April 14
May 12
June
July
August 11
SEPTEMBER 2009
Intersession 2: Special Topics
Social Marketing for Public Health
Crisis Leadership
Interregional 3 x 3: TBA
Flexi Month
Public Health Futures and Forecasting
Graduation Session in Nebraska City, NE
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Local Statewide Conferences
Public Health Week 2009
Guest Speakers
Scholars in Resident
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Essential Components
1. Institute Evaluation
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Pre-post self assessment of Leadership Competencies
Product and event specific satisfaction surveys
Peer assessment and feedback
Follow back post graduation conversations
2. Personal-Professional Leadership Development
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Leadership Assessments (Change Style Indicator, MBTI-II, 360 tool)
Coaching (personal effectiveness, assets development)
Life skills (e.g. conflict resolution)
3. Curriculum for Learning
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Self-directed learning: readings, leadership library, on-line references and resources
On site learning: didactic, case studies, simulations, experiential
Distance learning: presentations, roundtable discussions, internet-based
4. Team-Based Work and Collaboration
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Dialogue via discussion boards
On site learning, Leadership Challenge Activities
Projects
Peer coaching, technical assistance
5. Project/Practicum
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Integration/Application of learning
Team-based problem solving
Mentoring (expertise, skills-based)
Institute Advisory Council
1. Tom Newton/
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Iowa Department of Public Health, Education Coordinator Des Moines, IA
2. Fran Sadden
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Past President, Iowa Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Sioux City, IA
3. Rita Parris
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Executive Director, Public Health Association of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
4. John Linville
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Public Health Veterinarian, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection
Omaha, NE Year 1 Alumnus GPPHLI
5. Robert Sparks
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Former Program Director in Medicine and Public Health and later President and Chief
Programming Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, El Dorado Hills, CA
6. Keith Mueller
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director, Center for Rural Health College of
Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Associate Dean and Director, Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center, University of
College of Public Health
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Chief Executive Officer of Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas, Instructor
Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
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Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago and Director, Mid America Regional Public
Leadership Institute
Marilyn Alger
Service,
Public
7. Chris Atchison
Iowa
8. Scot Graff
at the
9. Lou Rowitz
Health
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10. Donna Dinken
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Immediate Past Director, National Public Health Leadership Institute, University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill School of Public Health
11. David Steffen
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Director, Leadership MPH Concentration, Public Health Leadership Program, University
Carolina Chapel Hill School of Public Health
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Director, Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership, University of
13. Cynthia Lamberth
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Director, Kentucky Public Health Leadership Institute, University of Kentucky
14. Carol Woltring
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Executive Director, Center for Health Leadership and Practice & the California/Hawaii
15. Anne Camp
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Interim, Executive Director, Nonprofit Association of the Midlands, Omaha
16. Patrick Simpson
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Executive Director, CityMatCH, Omaha, NE
17. David Palm
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Administrator, Community Health Development, Division of Public Health, Nebraska,
Co-Chair Nebraska Educational Alliance for Public Health Impact
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Associate Director, Center of Biopreparedness Education , University of Nebraska Medical
and Creighton University
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National Network/Libraries of Medicine Education and Nebraska Liaison University of
Medical Center
20. Melissa Magstadt
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Public Health Consultant, Alumnus, Year 2 GPPHLI
21. Steve Frederick
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Program Manager, External Leadership Development, Office of Workforce and Career
Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
of North
12. Kathy Kennedy
Denver
PHLI
HHSS--(NEAPHI)
18. Sharon Medcalf
Center
19. Marty Magee
Nebraska
Staff:
Magda Peck
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Plains Public Health
for Public Health Impact
Professor and Associate Chair for Community Health Department of Pediatrics, and
Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Director, Great
Leadership Institute, Co-Chair Nebraska Educational Alliance
Ruth Margalit
---Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, Division of Social and Behavioral Science
University
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Molly O’Dell
Faculty,
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Medical Director Community Clinical Programs, Alegent Health, Omaha, NE, Core
Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute,
Mary Balluff
Omaha,
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Chief, Community Health and Nutrition Services, Douglas County Health Department,
NE, Core Faculty, Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute,
Brandon Grimm
Impact
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Coordinator, Great Plains PHLI and Nebraska Educational Alliance for Public Health
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KICK-OFF SESSION
SEPTEMBER 9-11, 2008 - Location: Nebraska City, NE
At this first gathering of the scholars, we will focus on four key areas which will serve as a
foundation to build and strengthen public health leadership competencies. We will learn and
reflect as individuals and as a group of scholars. Four corresponding “Competency Clusters”
will be braided together throughout the three days for an integrated learning experience. A mix
of adult learning approaches (didactic, case study, simulation, exercises) will be used to transfer
knowledge, stimulate learning, and promote shared understanding. The Kickoff will encompass
all levels of leadership development to be addressed in the course of the Institute: individual,
team, organizational, transorganizational, and systems.
Cluster 1: Foundations of Leadership
 Public Health 101: What Leaders Need to Know
 Telling “your” story
Cluster 2: Values Driven Leadership
 Leadership Assessment #1: Change Style Indicator
 Who are we? Pre-assessment Results & Communication
Cluster 3: Team Building and Collaboration
 Negotiation and Conflict Management
 Small Group Work
 Advanced Leadership Coaching and Mentoring with Alumni
NOTE: Within one week following the Kickoff Session, scholars will be asked to complete the
second part of the evaluation on-line and will be encouraged to participate in on-line discussion
with peers and faculty.
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2008-2009 Intersession #1 October - March
Intersessions feature distance-based interactions on-line and/or via teleconference. Interactions
will include media viewing, conference calls, reading, discussion, and evaluation. Each
conference call and some on-line interactions will have a moderator and guest speaker. Dates
have been identified, times are to be confirmed. Teleconferences will be 90 minutes.
OCTOBER
October 14: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Collaborative Leadership
 Coordinating Faculty: Valdeen Nelsen
 Moderators: Mary Hamilton and Valdeen Nelsen
 Speakers: Kim Engel, Director, Panhandle Public Health District
Joan Frances, Executive Director Rural Health Care Cooperative Network
Pam Gilliam, Turning Point Leadership Development National Excellence
Collaborative
 Format: Conference Call with discussion
NOVEMBER
November 11: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Introduction to Projects – Peer Exchange
 Coordinating Faculty: Molly O’Dell
 Moderators: Molly O’Dell
 Speakers: Great Plains PHLI Alumni
 Format: Conference Call
DECEMBER
December 9: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Building Shared Vision and Mission
 Coordinating Faculty: Magda Peck & Ruti Margalit
 Moderators: Magda Peck & Ruti Margalit
 Speakers: Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey Chief, Office of Public Health Practice, CDC
 Format: Conference Call
December 15: First Draft Project Planning Worksheet to be submitted by every Scholar
JANUARY
January 13: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Eliminating Health Disparities (locally and globally)
 Coordinating Faculty: Lois Colburn & Mary Balluff
 Moderator: Lois Colburn & Mary Balluff
 Speakers: Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D, MPH, M.Ed, Executive Director, Boston Public Health
Commission
 Format: Conference Call
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January 15: Final Project Planning Worksheet to be submitted by every Scholar
FEBRUARY
February 10: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Promoting Evaluation, Effectiveness, and Accountability
 Coordinating Faculty: Magda Peck & Debbie Kane
 Moderator: Magda Peck and Debbie Kane
 Speakers: *Debbie Klein Walker, Principle Associate in Health Services Research and
Evaluation, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA
*Alonzo Louis Plough, M.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., Vice President, Strategy, Planning and
Evaluation, California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA (*Invited)
 Format: Conference Call
February 1: Project Abstract Due
MARCH
March 1: Leadership Assessments #2 Due
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Mid-Year Session March 24-27, 2009
Location: Carol Joy Holling Center, Ashland, NE
Four Competency Clusters will be braided together throughout this session through a
combination of didactic presentations, case study and practica. As always, scholars will be
learning about leadership on all levels focused on by Great Plains PHLI: individual, team,
organizational, trans-organizational, and systems.
Cluster 1: Professional Strengths and Strains: You and Your Team
 Leading Teams, Creating Team Culture
 Co-Op Team Building
 MBTI Step II, 360 Self Assessment
Cluster 2: Communications
 Risk Communication for Leaders: Working with the Media
Cluster 3: Systems Strains and Strengths
 Distinguishing Management vs. Leadership
 Understanding Political Systems, Process, and Landscape
 Building Effective Coalitions, Alliances, and Networks
 Leadership Lessons Learned
 Managing Conflict
 Modeling and Promoting Ethical Practices in Your Organization in a Time of Crisis
NOTE: Within one week following the end of the Midyear Session, scholars will be asked to
complete the second part of the evaluation on-line and will be encouraged to participate in online discussion with peers and faculty.
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Intersession #2 April – August 2009
Intersession’s will consist of on-line interactions and media viewing, conference calls, reading,
discussion, and evaluation. Each conference call and some on-line interactions will have a
moderator and guest speaker.
APRIL
April 14: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Social marketing and Public Health
 Coordinating Faculty: Magda Peck
 Speakers: Nancy Lee, MBA, Adjunct Faculty University of Washington and Seattle
University
 Format: Conference call/Web Conference
MAY
May 12: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Crisis Leadership
 Coordinating Faculty: Magda Peck & Sharon Medcalf
 Moderator: Magda Peck
 Speakers: TBD
 Format: Conference call/Web Conference
JUNE
June TBA: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: 3 X 3 Interregional Leadership Call
 Coordinating Faculty: Kentucky Public Health Leadership Institute
 Speakers: TBA
 Format: Live Web cast
JULY
July Leadership Challenge: Flexi-month
Self Directed Learning and Reflection
AUGUST
August 11: Leadership Challenge
 Topic: Public Health Futures: What’s Up Ahead, What’s Hot?
 Coordinating Faculty: Dawn Gentsch and Magda Peck
 Moderators: Dawn Gentsch & Magda Peck
 Speakers: TBD
 Format: Conference Call/Web Conference
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Graduation Session September TBA, 2009
Lied Lodge & Conference Center Nebraska City, NE
This final session serves to integrate what we have learned, share insights and findings from
projects, and celebrate the year’s journey together.
Cluster 1: Even More Effective Personal and Collective Leadership
Cluster 2: Sustaining Leadership
 Creating a Culture of Learning and Leadership in Your Organization
 Succession Planning—Growing the Next Leaders
 Feedback, Mentoring, and Coaching Others
Cluster 3: Great Thinking—Systems Thinking for Systems Change
 Leading Public Health Systems
 Mastering Political Advocacy
 Using Data to Make the Case
Graduation
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Project Presentations - Pearls and Lessons Learned
Debrief, Aha’s, and Evaluation
Continued building of the Great Plains Public Health Academy
Meet the Incoming Institute Class of 2009-2010
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Leadership Competencies
1. Understand and practice the skills of feedback, coaching, and mentoring
2. Understand and practice effective skills of conflict management
3. Understand and practice negotiation skills
4. Understand own personal styles, behaviors, preferences, and mission for leadership
5. Know how to use data for decision-making
6. Understand and model ethical practice in your organization and community
7. Understand and model cultural competence in your organization and community
8. Understand and manage power and influence
9. Understand and lead organizational change
10. Understand and promote evaluation and accountability
11. Assure organizational knowledge and understanding of public health trends, issues, and forecasting
12. Know how to build and sustain teams
13. Understand and address health disparities and inequities
14. Understand and practice collaborative leadership
15. Understand and practice crisis leadership
16. Know how to develop and sustain effective networks and coalitions
17. Understand and practice a range of communication skills including risk and crisis communication,
and storytelling
18. Understand and practice social marketing skills
19. Understand and practice political advocacy for change
20. Understand and practice skills of media communication
21. Understand political landscapes, processes, and systems
22. Know how to make the case for public health resources
23. Guide and mediate the investigation and resolution of acute public health crises
24. Understand and promote systems thinking
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