A Network Strategy for

Leadership Programming

• Network: Over 3,800 members who fund, run, and study leadership development

• Collaborative Research: Promoting cutting edge models & innovation

• Application: Putting new models into practice to scale leadership impact on social justice issues

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About LLC

How Can Leadership Programming

Contribute to a Culture of Health?

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““A Culture of Health is a society where getting healthy and staying healthy are fundamental and guiding social values that help define American culture. It’s an America in which all the people— whatever their ethnic, geographic, racial or socioeconomic circumstance happens to be—live longer, healthier lives. It’s a nation where promoting health is as important as treating illness. It’s a society in which high-quality health care is available to everyone—where, when, and how they need it. It’s a culture that values physical and mental wellness. And it’s a country where the health of all of our children is a matter of fact and not a matter of chance.”

RWJF New Leadership Programming

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RWJF Multi-Sector Leaders for Health will develop, harness, and leverage the

collective power of individuals (and their networks) already in leadership positions

in traditional health and health care-related areas, as well as others engaged in a

broad range of community efforts that may influence a Culture of Health.

RWJF Interdisciplinary Culture of Health Research Leaders will engage

researchers from multiple disciplines, such as clinicians, public health

researchers, economists, sociologists, and others in and out of the health sector

to produce evidence that will drive change toward a Culture of Health.

RWJF (New) Clinical Scholars will develop an inter professional group of clinicians

to expand their understanding of, and influence on, the Culture of Health.

RWJF Diversity in Health Policy Research will support doctoral students from

disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds and from different disciplines

to focus on health issues and policy.

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RWJF: Culture of Health Action Dimensions

RWJF Project Objectives

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Develop a comprehensive network strategy to inform leadership programming that:

• Informs program design, delivery, content and network supports

• Incorporates an inclusion and equity lens

• Offers a learning and evaluation framework for evaluating network impact

Project Team

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Milano Harden Beth Kanter June Holley Kiara Nagel

Heather McLeod Grant Claire Reinelt Deborah Meehan

Why a Network Strategy?

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• Building a Culture of Health will require work across silos and divides to create systems change

• Networks weave relationships and increase the flow of ideas and resources across sectors and institutions

• Networks increase innovation and accelerate learning• Networks can scale what works to improve health outcomes and

conditions that create health

Culture of Health Ecosystem

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Health

Non Profits

Media

ArtsEducation

Faith

Government

Chat Question 1

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Can you think of examples of networks that are contributing toCulture Change?

Network Leadership: Leveraging a CoH

• Growing Alignment & Action Across Networks

• Accelerated Learning & Innovation Across Networks

• Network competency & scaffolding connects & strengthens networks

• People, organizations, and networks, connecting

Diverse Connections

Network Supports

Alignment & Action

Learning & Innovation

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A Network Strategy for Leadership Development

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Program Design Principles

Delivery Strategies

Competencies & Content

Engagement Strategies

Infrastructure

Domains of Change

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Societal Impact

Network Action

Network Capacity

Network Capacity

• Network Leadership

Network Mindset/Behaviors

Network Skills

Alignment and Commitment around a Shared Understanding of a CoH

• Network Strength

Stage of growth

Strong Core and Periphery

Flow of Information

• Network Infrastructure

Communication platforms

Leadership roles & structures

Resources

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Network Action

o Forming cross-sector, cross-issue partnerships

o Aligning strategic priorities

o Engaging community health leadership

o Collecting and using data to set direction and investment priorities

o Innovating and scaling what works

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Societal Impact

o Shifts in public will around health as a human right

o Policies that promote a CoHo Improvements in health

outcomes o Reduction of disparities in

health outcomeso Changed environments for

healthy livingo Increased access to quality

care for all

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Chat Question 2

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Are you measuring a societal level change in your work?

Measuring Network Capacity

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Resources

• Network Weaver

Handbook (Holley)

• Network Health

Assessment (Taylor and

Coffman)

Assessing Network Development

Fragments Single-Hub Multi-Hub Core/Periphery

Networks often develop from fragmented clusters of people interested in a concept, to a

single hub-and-spoke when a leader pulls the clusters together, to multiple hubs where a

variety of people take responsibility, and finally to a core/periphery with a strongly connected

core and healthy periphery of people who bring new resources and ideas to the network.

Patterns of networks development

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A Healthy Network

Measuring Network Action

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Assessment Tools

• PARTNER (partnertool.net)

Measuring Network Action

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People and

Initiative/Issue

Network

Mapping

(Barrfoundation.

org)

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Smart Growth (4/29/11, 184 vertices)

Walkability (4/28/11, 136 vertices)

Complete Streets (4/29/11, 233 vertices)

Healthy Food Access (4/29/11, 173 vertices)

Saveplay (4/29/11, 70 vertices)

Cross: user is bridging between clusters

RWJF: one of the RWJF related accountsSource: NodeXL, NetDraw

Date: 6/2/11

#Hashtag Conversations on Twitter

Measuring Societal Impact

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Assessment Tools:

• County Health Rankings

• Community Commons

(communitycommons.org)

• Health Impact Assessments

#CHRankings Twitter Conversation

Magenta: most influential accounts (healthyfinder, gohealthypeople)Orange: local, county healthGreen: health advocacyBlue: policy

Date: 4/2/11

Source: NodeXL

Number of participants (vertices): 339 25

Break Out Group Discussion Question

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What ideas or questions do you have about assessing the contribution of a network leadership strategy to changes in health outcomes?