Leadership & Organizational Transformation

What does being a leader mean to you? How do you advance health equity in your organization, no matter your role? Explore these questions and more below.

Ways to Get Started:

• Review Focus Area #1 in the toolkit beginning on page 21. Download Advancing Organizational Health Literacy (English | Spanish | screen-reader-friendly version).
• Take the self-assessment for Focus Area #1 beginning on page 4. Download Organizational Health Literacy Assessment (English | Spanish).
• Continue exploring the resources below.

Activities and Worksheets

Explore these resources related to leadership and organizational transformation:

• Applying Organizational Values to Your Work (English | Spanish)
• Creating SMARTIE Goals (English | Spanish)

Additional Resources

Funding & Sustainability

• Community-Centric Fundraising  – Fundraising model integrating social justice and equity into fundraising strategies
• Washington University in Saint Louis: Program Sustainability Tool – A brief survey to identify strengths and opportunities in long-term program planning

Goal Setting

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Writing Effective Objectives with the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (PDF) – Examples of SMARTIE objectives in action
• The Management Center: SMARTIE Goals: How to Drive Equity, Inclusion, Results  – Varied resources in creating SMARTIE goals
• Non-Profit Quarterly: Moving Beyond the Scarcity Mindset – Article exploring how the scarcity mindset affects the social sector and goal setting

Leadership and Organizational Change

• American Public Health Association (APHA): Public Health Code of Ethics (PDF) – 2019 report from APHA with ethics guidance in public health
• Community Commons: Community of Solutions Framework Skills for Change-Making – Leadership and theory of change frameworks in the community health worker sector

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations – Report on integrating a healthy equity lens into health institutions
• Racial Equity Tools: Change Process – Various resources on the topic of leadership and organizational transformation grounded in a racial equity-centered lens
• University of Kansas Community Toolbox: Building Leadership – Tools for developing and building leadership in community-based work
• University of Michigan and Indiana University: The Social Action, Leadership, and Transformation (SALT) Model (PDF)   – Overview of leadership framework grounded in a social justice lens

Reflective Practices

• Foundation Review at Grand Valley State University: PCI A Reflective Evaluation Framework for Systems Change (PDF) – Article explaining framework to evaluate systems change
• Health and Care Professions Council: Reflective Practice – UK resource on incorporating reflective practices into healthcare
• University of Edinburgh: Reflection Toolkit – Frameworks to support building a reflective practice in various professional environments