MCH Leadership Development Series

1. MCH Leadership Development Series Building and Supporting Teams UW/SCH LEAH Alicia Dixon Docter, MS, RD November 16, 2012

2. Agenda • Introduction of concepts/discussion • Video clips of MCH leaders • Introduction to “Five Dysfunctions of a Team” • Self-assessment (completed prior to session) • IDLP for Team Building (complete in session if time or, by end of day) • Case study discussion (team w/Laura R.)

3. Objectives • Understand the functional roles of team members • Identify effective and ineffective team dynamics • Understand the role of leadership in fostering an organizational climate that empowers and inspires people

4. Concepts of Teams • BOGGSAT vs. • Explorative and creative and moves things forward creating a new entity • With public health, by nature multidisciplinary – makes things engaging

5. Functional Roles of Teams • Chair • External liaison • Setting goals • Translating ideas into operational steps • Creative or “ideation” • Cheerleader • Tracks details/analytical • Timekeeper

6. Key – Involve consumer • Grounds you in what the work is about • Be clear as to why they participate: • Provide input from their perspective or as representatives of their population

7. Leadership Styles and Climate • Defining • Clarifying • Involving • Empowering • Organizational climate: • Expect respect and trustworthiness; integrity

8. Ineffective Team Dynamics • Lack of ownership • Few people doing all of the work • Inflexibility – refusal to think outside of professional role • Hidden agendas • Output not action-oriented

9. Effective Team Dynamics • New ideas are generated • Ability to read the consumer • Ownership of the work – doing work for the collective self • Treat each other well

10. References • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg MCH link: http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/womens-and-childrens-health-policy-center/MCHLDS/m3.html • Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, 2005, Jossey-Bass Publishing.