Learn public health leadership concepts and management principles you can start using today

Effective public health leadership means knowing how to enact change. It’s the ability to turn vision into reality, translate mission into plans, and transform resources into results.

Leadership Series (L)

Our leadership and management classes give you foundational principles and concepts for immediate on-the-job application. All classes are provided through TRAIN.org, the Public Health Foundation’s learning network.

(L002) What is Public Health?
(L003) Leadership Introduction
(L004) Public Health and Community Engagement Introduction
(L005) Community Engagement and Capacity Building Basic Concepts
(L006) Management and Public Health Leadership Introduction
(L007) Managing Functions - Management and Public Health Leadership
(L008) Principles and Practices of Public Health Management
(L009) Team Building - Management and Public Health Leadership
(L010) Strategic Planning - Management and Public Health Leadership
(L020) Basic Communications Concepts to Change Risky Behaviors
(L021) Organization and Financing of Public Health
(L022) Systems Thinking Introduction
(L023) Concepts in Worksite Wellness
(L024) Public Health in Disasters
(L025) Communications Model
(L026) Coalition Building Concepts - Leadership and Management
(L027) Introduction to Worldview and Public Health
(L028) Public Health and Housing
(L029) Basic Budgeting Concepts - Leadership and Management
(L030) Leadership and Management Participatory Technique LePSA(S)
(L031) Public Health Advocacy
(L032) Basic Negotiation Concepts
(L033) Program Planning Fundamentals

Specialized Certificate Course:

Leadership & Management for Public Health Certificate

Boundary Spanning Leadership Series

Boundary Spanning Leadership is defined as “the ability to create direction, alignment, and commitment across boundaries in service of a higher vision or goal.”

Our BSL classes incorporate ideas presented in the book Boundary Spanning Leadership, written by Chris Ernst and Donna Chrobot-Mason and published in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership.

(L011) Overview: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L012) Boundaries: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L013) Identity: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L014) Great Divide: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L015) Buffering: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L016) Reflecting: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L017) Connecting: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L018) Mobilizing: Boundary Spanning Leadership
(L019) Weaving and Transforming: Boundary Spanning Leadership