Consequential Leadership In Practice

GHP 530 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

This course integrates the practical application of knowledge to solve public health problems from the lens of consequential leaders in global health institutions. Consequential leaders are those who exercise leadership, regardless of their positions, to achieve good outcomes within their organizations, in countries, or at the global level. The leaders we will study are not necessarily the most visible or powerful ones, but individuals and their teams in organizations, who apply the tools of the science of public health to achieve impact at scale. Using relevant materials, case examples, and engagement of practitioners, the course will explore the art and science of consequential leadership in practice. It will focus not only on the “who”, “what’, but also, importantly, on “how” consequential leadership is practiced. Students will develop better self-awareness as a foundational element for exercising consequential leadership. The purpose is to provide students with a path to develop a repertoire of capabilities necessary for the exercise of leadership to solve important public health problems at scale.

The intended participants in the course include MPH and DrPH students, who are emergent and future leaders in the practice of public health.