Cultivate Leadership

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Cultivate Leadership

• Sharon A. Denham, DSN, RN

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Define YOUR Community

• Who will you serve?
• Local churches
• Local schools
• Health care providers
• Local businesses
• Civic groups
• Local residents

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What Makes A Good Leader?

• Value health wellness for ALL
• Think health is important
• Willing to try new things
• People skills
• Some diabetes knowledge
• Enjoy doing things with people
• Willing to get involved

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Traits of SUGAR Helpers

• Think health in your county can be improved.
• Care about diabetes and people that have it.
• Enjoy doing things with other people.
• Willing to get involved.

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Becoming a Team

• Co-leaders
• Every voice is important
• Working together
• Divide and conquer

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Efforts of Local County Teams

• Sponsor of Diabetes A Family Matter Program
• Work together
• Assist to locate needed resources
• Propose ideas
• Assist with recruitment training
• Encourage others
• Become a local voice for health and wellness

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Local Empowerment

• Knowledge to make good decisions.
• Resources to implement the decisions.
• Give control to others about ways things get
  done.
• Responsible for actions taken.
• Inclusive and welcoming.

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Cultural Sensitivity

• Inclusive
• Respect diversity
• Family-focused
• Literacy health literacy

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Identify Local Resources

• Existing community groups
• Church friends
• Local heroes and champions
• Local volunteers
• Friends and families

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Identify Potential Obstacles

• Time
• Getting everyone together
• Family and personal crisis

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Identify Local Experts

• Persons with diabetes
• Family members of persons with diabetes
• Diabetes educators
• Nurses and health educators
• Pharmacists and physicians
• Who else?

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Getting Started

• Identify existing diabetes work in your county
• Talk about the program with others
• Identify who else should be part of your team
• Invite others to a start-up meeting
• Decide what rules or policies are needed
• Locate a home for your county group
• Finalize dates and plans for SUGAR Helper
  recruitment and education sessions

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Mission, Vision, Goals

• Mission a brief concise statement that
  identifies the reason a particular program exists
  and what it hopes to achieve.
• A mission statement should be meaningful to the
  group.
• Vision The big picture
• Program goals Reach whole county
• Personal goals What do YOU want to achieve?

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Communicate
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• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
  committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,
  it is the only thing that ever has.
• Margaret Mead

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• I wanted to change the world, but I have found
  that the only thing one can be sure of changing
  is oneself.
• Aldous Huxley