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Annotation: Local health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and beyond and identifying new ways of operating within and influencing the economic and social conditions of our health system. Such work demands a new kind of leadership – a transition from our typical spheres of influence and authority to mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges and thrive. Adaptive Leadership is a practical framework for leading consequential change in the midst of significant market and sociopolitical transformation.

Annotation: In this brief presentation, Dr. Minkovitz provides a broad overview of the definition, elements and types of public policy. Six major criteria for evaluating policy are suggested. Reference is given to women’s health policy to exemplify the concepts, terms and public policy vehicles.

Learning Objectives: * Define policy. * Explain what is women's health policy. * Discuss the need for a focus on women's health policy. * Justify the use of policy to advocate for women's health.

Annotation: This webinar describes the importance of women in leadership roles and as change agents, why it matters for women to be 30% of the leadership, how other countries are ahead of the United States, what women can to to transform leadership, and how women can prepare themselves to be leaders.

Annotation: These two videos highlight how adaptive leadership is an essential concept for MCH leaders to understand. The speakers also recommend the use of strengths-based leadership approaches including Collaborative Leadership, Servant Leadership, and Appreciative Inquiry. The landing page for this resource includes links to the videos, ACUMEN training resources, and change tools.

Annotation: These self-study modules introduce and explore the Leading by Convening habits of interaction that can help state leaders engage stakeholders as allies to reach shared goals. Each module provides several short, easy-to-access lessons that can be applied to state work. Modules currently available are: • Module 1: Authentic Engagement This module provides an overview of the IDEA Partnership blueprint on Leading by Convening. It outlines the essential habits that leaders need to cultivate to build allied relationship across groups. The tools and learning activities help groups identify their values and shared interests, and work together to improve practice. • Module 2: Coalescing Around Issues This module helps us understand and develop a habit of practice in which diverse groups of people come together around shared issues or problems of practice that they want to resolve. This habit is called Coalescing Around Issues. Individuals with differing backgrounds and experiences share, learn, and act together to achieve their common goal. • Module 5: Reviewing and Reflecting on Engagement Over Time This module helps us understand and develop a habit of practice in which diverse groups of people come together around shared issues or problems of practice that they want to resolve. This habit is called Coalescing Around Issues. Individuals with differing backgrounds and experiences share, learn, and act together to achieve their common goal. A book published in 2014 that explores the concept of leading by convening is also available for download at no cost.