Purpose: Collaboration is more than simply bringing people together. The process of engagement demands careful thought and conscious attention to provide a safe and constructive environment. Collaborative leaders rely on facilitative leadership behaviors and practices to engage others in facing and dealing with the challenges and responsibilities of health care. They work with others to create a collective sense of responsibility for the whole, and therefore become stewards of their organizations and communities. Careful planning and involvement moves collaboration from concept to practice. Planning a collaborative process must be done with others to build the collective credibility to convince more people to work together. This module provides the tools for planning, catalyzing and convening a collaborative endeavor.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this module participants will be able to:

• Use the Adaptive Learning Model (Ron Heifetz), and articulate the value and importance of working with others to define an issue as well as determine potential solutions to a problem.
• Describe the principles that inform collaborative engagement and the implications they hold for their role as a leader.
• Define and describe the key tasks for initiating and designing a collaborative initiative (e.g., who participates, what kind of engagement, how to inform, etc.) and apply these concepts to health care concerns in the community, region or state.

Faculty for this Module: Thomas Rice, David Chrislip

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