This course is aimed at the exploration, understanding, and application of leadership roles, strategies, and principles in groups, organizations, and communities. The focus is on critical thinking, problem solving, and strategic skills development within the context of participatory learning and decision making. Specific areas of attention include visioning, nominal group processes, conflict analysis and resolution, mediation, negotiation strategies, needs assessment, organizational models and management, approaches to leadership, and best practices for creating more inclusive and empowering groups, organizations, and communities.
Instructor(s):
Professor, Health, Behavior, and Society
Ben Lozare leads the JHU/CCP Training and Performance Improvement Division and the development of SCOPE (Strategic Communication Planning and Evaluation), a computer-aided communication planning software used in training workshops. Dr. Lozare has more than 25 years of experience in research, teaching, and practice in international and development communication. He has helped develop and conduct the Gates Institute series of Leadership Seminars for Reproductive Health.
University of the Philippines
Professor, Population and Family Health
Henry Mosley is a professor in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. He has served as Director of Training for the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute of Population and Reproductive Health at JHU. He is a former Child Survival Program Officer for the Ford Foundation and is a former Director for the Cholera Research Laboratory/ICDDR in Bangladesh. Dr. Mosley works in collaboration with Ben Lozare in the development and delivery of STARGuide software for the Gates Seminar in Strategic Leadership and Management for Population and Reproductive Health.
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
