Introduction to Partnership and Synergy

Presented by

Hilda Heady

and

Ann Chester

Hilda Heady

Associate Vice PresidentRural Health, WVU

ExecutiveDirector, West VirginiaRural Health EducationPartnerships

Ann Chester

Assistant Vice PresidentFor Social Justice,Health Sciences Center,WVU

Director, Health Sciences And Technology Academy(HSTA)

1.Problem-solving by team-building and synergy begins with a

critical event.

Four notions to create a pathway to principled leadership…

Not knowing the outcome can Not knowing the outcome can lead to fear and insecurity, lead to fear and insecurity, or to entering the discovery or to entering the discovery process togetherprocess togetherin a state of security.in a state of security.

2. Whether the route is one or the other depends on:

• the capacity of those in a leadership position to facilitate;

• the political and social will of the group (which is an aspect also of the facilitator's ability to inspire people)

•And it also depends on …

•staying connected and keeping connections•remaining patient without losing faith in people.

3.3. Problem-solving happensProblem-solving happens in the community, however in the community, however

that community may be that community may be defined. Solutions and defined. Solutions and

outcomes are not from the outcomes are not from the top down. top down.

Community involvement and Community involvement and empowerment emerge when the empowerment emerge when the organization/institution/individual organization/institution/individual gives power away. gives power away.

The core values of trust, respect, insight, and collaboration become

the values of the partnership

4. The process is sustained by passion for 4. The process is sustained by passion for the mission - that is, a clear direction or the mission - that is, a clear direction or desire to find an answer to the problem.desire to find an answer to the problem.