RHLI’s goal is to support effective collaboration across public health, primary care, and other sectors in rural communities across New England. This 3-month program will focus on critical leadership knowledge and skills, including the ability to:
– Engage in collaboration with partners
– Establish shared values and trust
– Recognize and cultivate potential among team members
– Identify and utilize data to inform planning and decision-making
– Address disparities and increase health equity.
– RHLI uses a community learning approach for networking and interactive discussions with leaders and experts. Hands-on activities are designed for skill building.

At the end of RHLI, you will be able to:
– Formulate a personal mission statement that helps to clarify and express values and aspirations related to professional development
– Describe the triad of leadership awareness ? an inward focus, a focus on others, and an outward focus
– Apply systems thinking frameworks and interprofessional collective impact strategies to analyze and solve problems
– Apply the core skills of data collection and analysis to present data in a variety of user-friendly, accessible formats for multiple audiences
– Illustrate how community or population-level data can support decision-making to address health inequities
– Communicate using effective listening, speaking, and data visualization techniques
– Promote equitable workplaces by using inclusive and diverse practices, especially in situations where those elements are missing/poorly practiced
– Apply motivational strategies that enable effective team and cross-sector interdisciplinary collaboration