Positive leadership can help you elevate people and performance to accomplish your mission. Positive leadership is a concept that is receiving more attention as people strive to to work together for good in these challenging times. Positive leadership certainly sounds like a good thing, and if it works [...]
Social impact is receiving more attention from mission-based organizations. What does social impact mean, and why is it attracting the spotlight? Social impact can be defined as the impact of an organization or program on the health and well-being of individuals. Conceptually, social impact falls under our broader umbrella of positive [...]
Collaboration is essential for community health improvement. We can improve our chances for success by considering five strategic keys for effective community collaboration. 1. Shared Vision Effective collaboration requires that all partners share a vision of the purpose, scope, culture, design, funding, and success indicators for the project. Ask: How does [...]
Community members have a lot to say about community health. In our experience, these five questions always elicit rich insights about community health improvement.
How can we help people buy into change? This is one of the most common questions we hear from leaders and team members who are trying to help people move in a new direction. Leading change is rarely easy, but we can improve our chances by designing change in ways [...]
The secret to sustainability is to demonstrate value to key stakeholders. In today's funding environment it is essential for nonprofits to demonstrate value. At Community Health Solutions we help organizations define and demonstrate value by applying a five-step process as outlined below. The result is a 'strategic value model' that [...]
We know from research and experience that people have a better opportunity for health when they have particular health assets available. When these assets are unavailable or inadequate, health equity is reduced, and health disparities result. One of the most empowering things we can do to support health equity [...]