FACULTY The Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, University of Texas-Houston:  Michael Proctor, M.D. Heartland Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, St. Louis University:  Mike Thomas, MPH, Associate Director

OBJECTIVES TO DEFINE: - Crisis Management - Crisis Leadership - Leadership Competencies TO PRACTICE: - Crisis Leadership and Intervention - Collective Decision Making/Action - Regional Coordination

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LEADERSHIP

“Today, the need for leaders is too great to leave their emergence to chance.” IOM Report 1988

To rise to the challenge requires different competence and capacity. Managing and leading during a crisis event are not the same thing.

Definition of Crises Definition of Crises  No borders or boundaries  Unpredictable; anytime, anywhere, anyone  Impact on people, organizations, region, economy….

Crises …  Human element is critical  Multiple events magnify  Simultaneous multiple events escalate “The Unthinkable”

The Role of Crisis Management is:  Influenced through direct reports and Command & Control  Focused on roles, operations and reporting  Reactive and focused on day to day assignments, tasks, and actions

The Role of Crisis Leadership is to reduce:  The probability of a crisis occurring  The probability of a crisis reoccurring  The duration of a crisis  The negative impact of a crisis  The length of recovery

Crisis Leadership Competencies  Anticipate, recognize, respond and recover effectively to elements of crisis  Make unified decisions, and perform collective/ decisive actions  Address the human element before, during and after it occurs  Influence others through judicious use of moral, technical, positional, attributed, or assumed authority Bt Workgroup – National Public Health Leadership Development Network 9/03

The Vision…Develop integrated emergency response & crisis anticipation systems  Develop critical & complex thinking skills  Perform collective decisions/actions to reduce probability  Develop regional coordination

“Today, the need for leaders is too great to leave their emergence to chance.” IOM Report 1988