Leadership Resources for Scholars

Recently Posted Resources

10/1/2008

5/21/2007

"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.

4/17/2007 Accreditation Links of Interest

Exploring Accreditation

CDC Office of Standards and Emerging Issues in Practice

North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation

3/13/2007

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!

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.

General Leadership

NEW! 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]

Innovation & Change

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 ].

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 ].

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].

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].