Creating & Maintaining Leadership to
Sustain Community Change
Making it Better Conference
November 15, 2011
Michelle Komosinski, Olmsted County Public Health
Dr. Robin Molella, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Paul Targonski, Mayo Clinic
Presentation outline
 Community leadership team purpose
 Adapting processes to guide leadership team
 Leadership team engagement in activities
 Plans for sustainability
What is a purpose of a
community leadership team?
Why do we need one?
What are the benefits?
Forming a Leadership Team
Considerations for member selection:
 Interest in grant topic areas
 Knowledge of community
 Position to affect change
Meetings
Meetings agendas include:
 Learning opportunities for members
 Updates on staff activities
 Updates from members
 Continuous evaluation/reflection
Co-chairs meet between meetings to evaluate
progress an plan for the next month
Communication
E-mail list serve
 Reminders
 Meeting materials
Extranet site
 Discussion board
 Shared documents
 Shared calendar
 Announcements
Training & Skill-building
 Presentations during
meetings
 Grant-funded
trainings
 National & state
conferences
Engagement Outside of Meetings
 Volunteer for events
 Participate in evaluation
 Present at conferences
 Participate in site visits
Engagement Outside of Meetings
 Participate in legislative
forums
 Advocate & educate
Member benefits
 Networking opportunities
 Confidence to do policy
work
 New partnerships and
projects
 Enhanced current
partnerships and moved
work forward
Planning for the Future
 Limitations working
through grants
 Group desires to continue
to build on successes and
the current community
momentum
 Determined a need for
strategic planning session
Executive Community Leadership Team
2011 Strategic Planning Process
Evaluate
critical
success
factors
Form strategic
recommendations
Establish
first steps
teams
Evaluate critical
success factors
Form strategic
recommendations
Establish first
steps teams
Evaluated ‘Critical Success’ Factors
 Expanding the partner network
 Demonstrating program outcomes
 Improving marketing and communication
 Securing future funding
Discuss critical
success factors
Form strategic
recommendations
Establish first
steps teams
Developed Strategic Recommendations
Social Media
• Utilize social media to
communicate and market
SHIP/ECLT initiatives
Outcomes
• Document achievements and
determine what behaviors can
be measured and capture
change via photos/stories
• Gather a collection of data
related to initiatives that support
probable outcomes
New Members
• Add strategic new members to the
ECLT
Stakeholders
• Engage all involved/affected
stakeholders to support
initiatives/growth/expansion
consistent with resources they
control
• Connect with leaders and
representatives of target populations
to find out what the groups need
Discuss critical
success factors
Form strategic
recommendations
Establish first
steps teams
Established ‘First Steps’ Teams
 Formed four ‘First Steps’ teams to begin work in
each of the identified areas
 Identified conveners to lead these groups
 Created a calendar for starting these groups
 Planned to incorporate into meetings
Lessons Learned
 Start all task team work immediately
 Limited individual member commitment to one
task group
 Many members continued to work individually
on their topics & communicated only with staff
 Social media and extranet use is still minimal
 Urgent grant priorities took precedence over
group strategic planning
Next Steps…
 Continue to review other ideas that came from
strategic planning
 Continue to reevaluate how to effectively utilize the
leadership team & task groups
 Plan for a new ‘home’ for the group
 Continue to ask the tough questions about the future
of this work
Q&A
Michelle Komosinski, Olmsted County Public Health
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Dr. Robin Molella, Mayo Clinic
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Dr. Paul Targonski, Mayo Clinic
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