Deconstructing Adaptive Leadership

DISCUSSION BOARD 1.2: Deconstructing  Adaptive Leadership

 PROMPT

• How do public health leaders adapt to changing conditions?


• How do adaptive leaders motivate and mobilize others in the constantly changing landscape of public health?


• What is shared leadership?


• Why do leaders need to understand the concept that failure can be a learning experience?

Your assignment in this discussion board is to visit the University of Kansas Community Tool Box (KUCTB) and choose one section from Chapter 13: Orienting Ideas in Leadership.  The KUCTB is a free resource written in English, Spanish and Arabic that should be one of your "go to" resources as you move forward in your public health career.  This tool box reaches nearly six million people in 230 countries!

Instructions:

1. In this discussion, you are required to go to the University of Kansas Community Tool Box at: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/leadership/leadership-ideas/plan-for-building-leadership/main   (Links to an external site.)NOTE: THIS DISCUSSION BOARD HAS TWO PARTS.

PART I

1. This link takes you to Chapter 13: Orienting Ideas in Leadership.  Your task is to choose one of the following areas listed below and review the content so that you can share what you have learned with your classmates.  You may choose from: 

• Section 1. Developing a Plan for Building Leadership (Links to an external site.)


• Section 3. Styles of Leadership (Links to an external site.)


• Section 4. Building Teams: Broadening the Base for Leadership (Links to an external site.)


• Section 5. Developing a Community Leadership Corps: A Model for Service-Learning (Links to an external site.)


• Section 6. Recognizing the Challenges of Leadership (Links to an external site.)


• Section 7. Encouraging Leadership Development Across the Life Span (Links to an external site.)


• Section 8. Ethical Leadership (Links to an external site.)


• Section 11. Collaborative Leadership (Links to an external site.)

3. Provide an overview of the content IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  Do not copy and paste from the website.  (This should be written in 250-400 words)

PART II

4. WITHIN THAT SECTION, choose one of the Online Resources to share with your classmates.  Be sure to review that resource to let your classmates know WHY you selected that particular resource.  For example, if you choose Section 6. Recognizing the Challenges of Leadership  (Links to an external site.)as your selected area, you might choose  the resource below as your recommended reading for classmates:

The  (Links to an external site.)Leadership Challenge  (Links to an external site.)is a learning community with discussion forums that incorporate activities to analyze your own leadership experiences and style.  (This should be written in 250-400 words)

Read the other students’ discussion and choose two to respond to.  You may comment, ask a question or share an experience.