Authentic Leadership: A Coach-Approach to Inspired Public Health Leadership

Authentic Leadership is a 6-month distance based program that takes place over the phone and through an online discussion board. It begins twice yearly in January and July.

This program builds emotional intelligence and develops authentic leadership capacity by focusing on strengths, values-based decision-making and goal-setting, authenticity, vulnerability, courage/risk-taking, and self-care/happiness as they relate to leadership.

Depending on individual participant needs, each individual helps to design the program to create an ideal environment for personalized leadership development. Participants have included students, emerging leaders, mid- and senior-level professionals, and professionals transitioning into retirement. Click here for more information.

 

Program Fee

The program fee is $2400/person and is due to the MCH Program prior to the start of the program. 

 

Time Commitment

On average, a person will spend between 3-7 hours/month working on this program. However, this is not ‘work’ that is designed to add stress to an already overburdened workload. The work is designed to support your work efforts so that you feel more leader-like, satisfied, engaged, content, hopeful, inspired, rejuvenated, alive, and certain of your ability to improve public health.

 

Application Process

Interested individuals should complete a short application and submit a 1-2 page Letter of Interest.

The next program begins on January 11, 2013, so applicants must submit their applications by Monday, November 12, 2012. All materials including the Interest Form and answers to application questions should be mailed to the attention of Kris Risley, MCH Program, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W. Taylor Street (MC 923), Chicago, IL 60612; faxed to: 312.996.3551, or emailed to kris@krisrisley.com.

 

Program Evaluation

In the summer of 2011, we collaborated with the Improve Group to complete a 2-year evaluation of this leadership coaching program. Below are a few summary highlights from participant surveys. Click here for the detailed report.

  • As a result of participating in the program, many participants indicated that they were able to identify their strengths and values and use them to grow professionally by enhancing the work they do, making difficult decisions, and overcoming barriers.
  • Many participants indicated that the program has made them aware of the importance of balance in their life and has helped them to create balance between their work and professional life; this has led to participants being more effective in the work they do and has increased their overall happiness.
  • All (100%) participants strongly agreed or agreed that they act in accordance with their values, use empathy in their leadership role, and recognize barriers to progress.
  • Over half of participants indicated that the program helped them attain one or more new roles, responsibilities, or positions.
  • Over two-thirds of participants indicated that their experience with the program contributed to the impact or results they have achieved at work.

 

Coaches

All the coaches are certified by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) as professional co-active coaches. Click here to read the coaches biographies.

 

Group Calls

If you were or are a participant in this program you can click on the relevant month and year below to access the recordings of the calls:
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