Leadership and Management Part 1
Some of the key leadership skills needed for public health includes communication skills, problem-solving, and analytical skills. All public health leaders need to have excellent communication skills including both the verbal and written communication skills. The public health professionals are employed to assist in the design, development and implementation of relevant health education services. Advanced communication skills will assist in understanding the main values of the employees and interacting effectively with the team members.
The public health leaders are expected to develop and implement programs that solves the various problems such as operation, budgeting, and customer satisfaction concerns. the public health leaders must show strong problem-solving skills that helps to overcome the health issues. Analytical skills are strongly related to the public health professionals to help in managing the daily responsibilities related to health projects and problem-solving skills. The public health leaders are expected to review the situations and act perform their duties based on the cultural norms and values.
Public health leadership faces the various challenges including regulatory and policy adjustments, technological advancements, funding, and ethical concerns. Technological improvements bring out serious challenges of control and dealing with support issues. For example, rising costs of health care limits the ability of the public health leaders to guarantee funding for all health needs. The public health leaders are also pressed to come up with effective solutions to create efficient health care operations and the support other healthcare programs. For example, the health care leaders face the trouble to up with new solutions to technological advancements.
Post 1:
Unlike the concept of golden circle, the vision of the public health leadership is important rather than the input of the innovators and the early adopters of the health program services. The health leadership should create clear goals and programs that will help in promoting growth and performance in the hospitals.
In contrary, I believe that the main leadership skills for the leaders in public health includes vision-led programs, effective conflict resolution, and excellent communications skills2. However, the public leadership faces challenges of limited funding and inability to cope with the changes in regulation and advancement in medical technology and innovations.
Based on the example of good performance among the STEMI teams, it is clear that effective communication is important for the medical teams. Both verbal and written communication will assist in improving the health care outcomes3. I believe excellent communication skills is critical in improving performance in the health care sector.
Post 2:
Based on the review of the video, I support the significance of having clear vision and effective decision-making skills for public health leadership. Good leaders should be able to set clear goals and long-term plans to come up with good outcomes. When a public health leader has a clear vision, it helps in the streamlining the provision of health care services in the hospitals. Most importantly, decision making skills and the ability to engage with the varied stakeholders is critical3. For example, cancer research program depends on the input from the various stakeholders including financiers, government, public health professionals and supplies among others.
However, I think the challenges faced by the public health leaders are broader than the identified challenges. They include limited funding of their health care programs, adverse changes to the health care regulations and policies, and lack of team work and support from the health care professionals2. The leaders need the input of the health care workers to influence positive health care changes in the hospitals.
Post 3:
Contrarily, the TedTalk suggests that the good leaders should being inspirational through creating a clear picture of their goals and long-term focus. For example, a public health leader should create a picture of their long-term goals and how they can be achieved in the future. Inspirational perspective, strong communication skills, and reflection skills are critical leadership skills that is relevant in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public health3. Good leadership skills are needed to improve positive health care outcomes. Inspirational perspective relies on having a clear vision of the critical health care programs and policies.
Largely, I agree that challenge of maintaining focus on the long-term projects and changes is critical. Long-term implementation of health projects is a key challenge for the public health leaders.1 However, the leaders face the limitation of severe financial constraints and changes in regulations and policies. Potential changes in regulatory programs creates challenge to improve public health care.
References List
1. Popescu GH, Predescu V. The role of leadership in public health. American Journal of Medical Research. 2016;3(1):273.
2. Sinek S. “How Great Leaders Inspire Action. YouTube, 4 May 2010. Available from www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4&feature=youtu.be.
3. Smith T, Stankunas M, Czabanowska K, De Jong N, O’Connor SJ, Fowler Davis S. Principles of all-inclusive public health: developing a public health leadership curriculum. public health. 2015;129(2):182-4.
