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Accreditation

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CDC Office of Standards and Emerging Issues in Practice

North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation

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Community Leadership

NEW! The Center for Community Leadership assists states, counties, cities, territories, Native American Tribes, and public and private organizations to successfully serve the needs of children and adults, especially those with disabilities, in their homes, schools and communities.

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Crisis Leadership

Responding to Community Outrage: Strategies for Effective Risk Communication, by Peter M. Sandman. 1993. American Industrial Hygiene Association Press. Fairfax, VA. [ Southeast PHLI ]

Crisis Leadership: Using Military Lessons, Organizational Experiences, and the Power of Influence to Lessen the Impact of Chaos on the People You Lead. Center for Creative Leadership Press, Greensboro, NC. [ Southeast PHLI ].

Crisis Leadership: Planning for the Unthinkable. Ian I. Mitroff. 2004. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. [ Southeast PHLI ].

The Essential Guide to Managing Corporate Crises – A Step-by-Step Handbook for Surviving Major Catastrophes by Ian Mitroff, Christine Pearson, and Katharine Harrington.

Crisis Management – A Diagnostic Guide for Improving Your Organisation’s Crisi-Preparedness by Ian Mitroff and Christine Pearson

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Financial Issues

Understanding Financial Statements, by Lyn M. Fraser and Aileen Ormiston. 2001. Prentice-Hall Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ. [ Management Academy for Public Health].

Enrst & Young Business Plan Guide (2nd ed), by Eric S. Siegel, Brian R. Ford, Jan M. Bornstein. 1993. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. [ Management Academy for Public Health].

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General Leadership

NEW! Leadership Stories: Gaining Power by Giving It Away  (An interview with W. Donald Weston, MD, Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences at the University of West Virginia).   Univ. of Ill. At Chicago.  International Center for Leadership Development.

Turnock Reading Room: Follow this link for commentaries, editorials, letters, articles, books, chapters, reports, and much more!

The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. 1995. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA. [National PHLI]

Leadership Without Easy Answers by Ronald A. Heifetz. 1994. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA. [National PHLI]

Inspire: What Great Leaders Do, by Lance Secretan. 2004. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. [National PHLI]

Grow Your Own Leaders: How to Identify, Develop, and Retain Leadership Talent, by William C. Byham, Audrey B. Smith, and Matthew J. Paese. 2002. Prentice-Hall Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ. [Recommended in several programs]

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, by Peter M. Senge. 1990 Currency Doubleday, NY.

Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading , by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky.2002. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA. [National PHLI]

The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership, by Wilfred Drath. 2001. Josey-Bass, San Francisco, CA. [National PHLI]

Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America, by Ancella B. Livers and Keith A. Caver. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA. [Emerging Leaders in Public Health Fellowship]

Public Health Leaders Tell Their Stories . By Lloyd Novick, Carol Spain Woltring, and Daniel M. Fox. 1997, Aspen Publishers. Gaithersburg, MD. [Emerging Leaders in Public Health Fellowship]

"Principles of Ethical Practice of Public Health"
Published by the Public Health Leadership Society in 2002
This document states key principles of the ethical practice of public health.

"The Public Health Workforce 2006: New Challenges"
K. Gebbie and B. Turnock
A two-decade trend of increasing numbers of public health workers could end if federal bioterrorism grants decrease.

New National Identity for Local Public Health:  This NACCHO webpage contains links to both logos and tools for communicating with the public about the new logo. 

A CEO Who Blogs for Health. See what Dr. William L. Roper, CEO of the UNC Health System, has to say about blogging. Dr. Roper has been featured in January 2007's North Carolina magazine to show that technology can bolster your leadership abilities!

 

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Innovation & Change

NEW! Visioning Alternative Futures for Community Health Improvement with Scenario Development Exercises: CHAPTER 2-3

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference , by Malcolm Gladwell. 2000. Little, Brown and Company, New York. [ Southeast PHLI ]

Dangerous Opportunity: Making Change Work, by Chris Musselwhite and Randell Jones. 2004. Xlibris Corportation, Philadelphia, PA [ Southeast PHLI ].

 

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Miscellaneous

Feedback that Works: How to Build and Deliver Your Message, by Sloan R. Weitzel. 2002. Center for Creative Leadership Press, Greensboro, NC. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. [General].

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Organizations in Change

Cocwitch, V. New Thinking for Health Care Leaders.  The Physician Executive, July-August 1997. pp 20-23

Nadler DA, Heilpern JD. The CEO in the Context of Discontinuous Change.  pp 3-27

Scutchfield FD, Keck CW. Chapter 26- The Future of Public Health, Principles of Public Health Practice.  1997. pp. 361-372.

Shortell SM, Kalunzy AD.  Chapter 12- Organizational Innovation & Change, Health Care Management Organizational Design and Behavior, 3rd Ed., 1994. pp 294-315.

Leading the Transition: Strategies for Process, Commitment and Communication

Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail

 

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Partnerships and Collaborative Efforts

NEW! Himmelman, Arthur T.  Collaborations for a Change: Definitions, Models, and Roles with a User-Friendly Guide to Collaborative Processes.  From the author’s “Communities Working Collaboratively for a Change,”  an adapted version of which is published in Resolving Conflict: Strategies for Local Government,  Margaret Hermann, Ed.  Washington D.C.: International City/County Management Association, 1994, pp. 24-47.

NEW! Kreuter, Lezin, Young.  Evaluating Community-Based Collaborative Mechanisms: Implications for Practitioners.  Health Promotion Practice / Jan2000 / Vol. 1, No. 1. pp. 49-63.

NEW! Boerstler, Carlson, Gac, Swanson.  The Delicate Balance of Law & Ethics: A Model for Health Administration Educators. Journal of Health Administration Education / Winter 1997 / Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 21-39.

NEW! Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide.  Contra Costa County Health Services Department, Pleasant Hill, CA. 

NEW! Roussos & Fawcett.  A Review of Collaborative Partnerships as a Strategy for Improving Community Health.  Annual Review Public Health,  2000.  Vol 21.  pp. 369-402.

Butterfoss, Goodman, & Wandersman. "Community Coalitions for Prevention & Health Promotion" Health Education Research: Theory & Practice.  Vol. 8, No. 3, 1993.  pp 315 - 330

Butterfoss, Morrow, Rosenthal, Dini, Crews, Webster, & Louis.  "CINCH: An Urban Coalition for Empowerment and Action."  Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 25 (2): 212-225 (April 1998).

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Public Health Health Policy, Administration & Advocacy

"Advocating for Policy Change" Toolkit.  The Praxis Project.  mthemba@igc.org

Silberman, JD, DrPH, Pam. "How to Change Health Policies Affecting North Carolina Consumers"

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