The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #56860

Pamela S Gillam, MPA, Center for Health Services & Policy Research, School of Public Health, USC, University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, Carolina Plaza, Columbia, SC 29208, 803-777-0350, gillamps@sc.edu

The Turning Point’s Leadership Development National Excellence Collaborative (TPLDNEC) has made available its “product package” of tools and models that can be used in leadership training programs and within state and local health departments to educate participants on Collaborative Leadership. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2000, the TPLDNEC is a multi-state collaborative whose mission is to “increase collaborative leadership capacity across sectors and at all levels.”

This package includes reading materials, training curricula, a video series, and a self-assessment tool. In this session, the 360° Collaborative Leadership Assessment Tool will be highlighted. This tool measures an individual’s capacity to work effectively in a collaboration. Developed by consultants Roz Lasker, Ph.D., Carl Larson, Ph.D., and David Steffen, Ph.D., the tool will measure the critical capacities identified in previous TPLDNEC collaborative leadership research.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to:
• Articulate the critical capacities needed to be a successful Collaborative Leader.
• Understand how the assessment tool works and how the participant can use the tool in his/her worksetting.
• Recognize how all of the tools and models provided in the product package can work together or as separate components to teach Collaborative Leadership.

Keywords: Leadership, Collaboration

Related Web page: www.turningpointprogram.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.