Client Success Story: Leaders across Borders
"There are very few leadership tools that have been validated and implemented cross-culturally and translated. So we chose one that we thought was well regarded and worked well with our emphasis on trans-border collaboration….”
—Jennie Mullins, Ph.D., Southwest Public Health Leadership Institute
Client Profile
A program of The Southwest Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Arizona Zuckerman College of Public Health, Leaders across Borders is an advanced, 10-month, bi-national leadership development experience. This program develops a dynamic network of public health professionals in the United States-Mexico border region to improve the overall health of those communities.
Business Challenge
• Strengthen the leadership capacity of program participants.
• Build the capacity of public health leaders to improve communities.
• Establish a collaborative leadership model that would resonate cross-culturally and across a shared border.
Solution Overview
Integration of the bi-lingual Leadership Challenge, two-day workshop into the existing 10-month leadership training program.
Benefits
- Increase in leaders’ knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Strengthened networks and collaboration
- Support for emerging leaders
- Bi-national teams that work more effectively across borders
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