Workforce and Leadership Development
Skills Building Session
Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MPH, MSW
Associate Professor
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Karen Trierweiler, MS, CNM
Maternal Child Health Consultant
Partner - Total Population Health, LLC
Denver, Colorado
Lewis H. Margolis, MD, MPH
Lead Evaluator, National MCH Workforce Development Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
In accordance with recommendations put forward by the de Beaumont Foundation in Building Skills for a More Strategic Public Health Workforce, this skill building workshop will focus on issues related to resource management, specifically healthy work culture and business processes for planning MCH efforts.
Hiring, supporting skilled management, and fostering employee growth and development will be discussed as core elements of culture. Participants will utilize tools developed by Patrick Lencioni to create clarity around work and cultural norms/practices that enhance effectiveness.
Steps for business planning, including financing, to launch a new MCH project/venture into a sustainable, implementation mode will also be discussed. Details of the process will be presented/practiced using a Lean Canvas tool developed by Ash Maurya (Running Lean). Strengthening strategic skills in resource management is key to MCH Impact.