The purpose of the Local Public Health Leadership Series (LPHLS) is to enhance the ability of the local and state public health workforce to exercise leadership in the delivery of Medicaid services. The LPHLS will develop core knowledge and skills related to identifying and responding to adaptive challenges. The focus will be on leadership competencies identified by the Kansas Leadership Center: Diagnosing the Situation, Managing Self, Energizing Others and Intervening Skillfully. This is a four-session training offered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) in collaboration with the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments (KALHD).

Who Should Participate?Any Kansas public health professionals in the state or local health departments, community health centers, or other public health professionals who provide services to Medicaid beneficiaries and want to lead more effectively. Leadership involves mobilizing others, sometimes without direct authority to do so, in an effort to address complex community challenges. These difficult, adaptive challenges don?t have a single expert or manager that can fix them. Progress can be made to address these challenges, but requires learning, involvement of stakeholders and persistent efforts. Public health professionals are in key positions to provide this kind of leadership.