Leadership
Areas of Intervention
- Support HRH champions and advocates
- Capacity for leadership and management at all levels
- Capacity to lead multi-sector and sector-wide collaboration
- Strengthening professional associations to provide leadership amongst their constituencies.
Indicators
- Evidence of high-level advocacy to promote the implementation of the HRH plan
- Leadership development program established for managers at all levels
- Involvement of wide range of stakeholders in policy and decision-making processes (professional associations, researchers, unions, private sector, FBOs).
Tools and Guidelines
Addressing the Health Workforce Crisis: A Toolkit for Health Professional Advocates Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative of the Global Health Workforce Alliance.
Creating a Work Climate that Motivates Staff and Improves Performance. The Manager, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), 2002.
Guiding Principles for National Health Workforce Strategies Health Workforce Advisory Initiative of the Global Health Workforce Alliance.
Managers Who Lead Toolkit: Resources to Support Managers Who Lead. Management Sciences for Health (MSH), 2005.
The Right to Health and Health Workforce Planning: A Guide for Government Officials, NGOs, Health Workers and Development Partners Physicians for Human Rights, 2008.
Workgroup Climate Assessment Tool and Guide for Facilitators. Management Sciences for Health (MSH), 2003.
Resources
Empowering Primary Care Workers to Improve Health Services: Results from Mozambique’s Leadership and Management Development Program. Human Resources for Health, 2008.
Human Resource Leadership: The Key to Improved Results in Health. Human Resources for Health, 2008.
Increasing the Motivation of Health Care Workers. The Capacity Project, 2006.
Leadership Development for Global Health. Joint Learning Initiative (JLI): Human Resources for Health and Development, 2004.
Strengthening Management Capacity. World Health Organization, 2008.