Whether or not you’re a public health professional, collaboration is likely part of your work. Working alongside other professionals comes with its own leadership and communication challenges.
I was delighted to sit down over the last several months with Samantha Cinnick, an early career public health professional at the Health Resources and Services Administration. The Health Resources and Services Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Samantha shares stories, reflects on her professional experiences, and shares what she’s been learning about communication from working in different collaborations, toward health equity and systems-level change. Listen in!
Samantha Cinnick on communication and interpersonal leadership
In this first installment, Samantha tells us about how she’s handled some of the communication challenges involved when people collaborate to bring about systems change. What she shares can be helpful for anyone who wants to communicate better with their colleagues.
Samantha Cinnick on communication in a new collaboration
In Part 2, Samantha tells the story about the communication challenges of setting up a new collaborative space. What Sam learned may help you the next time you’re gathering a new group of folks together to get work done.
Communication through an equity lens
Our course makes a statistically significant difference
Samantha Cinnick and how one important question can change the conversation
For Part 3, Samantha tells the story of working with a group on an already tough task, when Covid hit. Things could’ve headed in a really negative direction. But she used an important question to open things up, and make sure the focus was on progress.
Samantha Cinnick on what groups can achieve when old communication habits are broken
To wrap the series up, Samantha tells us how breaking common communication habits can break open new ideas. We take a look back across the series together, and Sam lets us know her plans going forward.
Many thanks to Samantha for taking the time to talk with me, and letting us learn from her!
