Week 10 - Leadership, Power & Politics Advocacy Flashcards
define/explain: 3 types of leaders
- Visionary leader, individual with vision/goal, conveys this vision to others and gets their support
- Facilitator, individual without personal vision, helps others identify their own goals
- Intermediate model:
- Often used in professional fields (where the process is teamwork-based)
- Individuals may have their own personal goals or visions; however, they are willing to work with others to best define the objective and its implementation plan
- Leadership shifts as needed to enhance the process
define/explain: 3 Levels of Leadership
- Formal, Boards of Directors, etc.
- Intermediate, Committee Chairs, project leaders, etc.
- Individual, Demonstrate initiative, self-management, commitment to the mission
define/explain: 3 directions of leadership
- Leading up, add value to the organization
- Leading across, respect your peers and help them be successful
- Leading down, set clear expectations and model appropriate behaviours
- help your followers develop and improve
- value followers – praise and reward good behaviours
define: traits of professional leadership
- Low hierarchy
- Based on consensus-building
- Ability to cope with single issues, yet see the overall picture
- Comprehensive view of decision-making
- Individuals within the system are valued
- Collaborative approach is important
define/explain: the importance of leadership in collaborative efforts in HEc
- supportive communities are essential for creating systems that nurture families
- complex problems do not respond to ‘cookbook’ solutions
- necessary to have an integrative and inter-connected model
- collaboration empowers communities to address their issues & problems
define: lobbying
-strategy which seeks to change the point of view of government, politicians, civil servants, public – often conducted by paid professionals
define/explain: advocacy
- usually involves getting government, business, schools, or some other large institution to correct an unfair or harmful situation affecting people in the community
- the active promotion of a cause or principle
- involves actions that lead to a selected goal
- one of many possible strategies or ways to approach a problem, ex. can be used as part of a community initiative along with other components
- not direct service, ex. serving food to homeless
- does not have to involve confrontation or conflict
define: advocacy
-usually involves getting government, business, schools, or some other large institution to correct an unfair or harmful situation affecting people in the community
define: politics aka polis
-controlling or influencing power; there is also a political aspect to all areas of life
define: power
-the control of resources (money, goods, services, information, technology, etc.)
define: policies
- criteria for making decisions about the allocation of resources
- guide our actions
describe: 3 steps to influence the political agenda
Step 1: Diagnose the political nature of a health issue
Step 2: Understand key political decision makers
Step 3: Decide what to do
describe: how to diagnose the political nature of a health issue
- Place the issue into a salience category:
1. High - public priority, media coverage, party priority
2. Medium - limited priority for public and gov’t, ltd media att’n
3. Low – no surveys, media, or discussion by key politicians
describe: questions to ask to understand key political decision makers when influencing political agenda
- What government organization has the authority to make the decision?
- Who has the authority to make the decision?
- When is the best time to consider the issue?
- How will the decision be made?
describe/explain: differences in strategies when influencing political agenda for high, medium and low salience issues
- High salience issues involve major proposals
- Media campaigns; opinion/editorial articles in newspapers; mobilization of grassroots organizations to send letters, emails - Medium salience issues involve incremental or technical proposals
- Experts usually provide advice to policy makers - Low salience issues need longer-term strategies
- HCPs can provide advice to politicians, establish a relationship with a journalist, conduct research, and elect policy makers who will promote healthcare/social/family issues
