Internal Work

Integration is not a new topic and yet the term is not universally understood or defined among the health care community. According to the World Health Organization, integrated service delivery is “the organization and management of health services so that people get the care they need, when they need it, [...]

Paying ‘disciplined attention’ to work is one of the tasks of a leader according to Ronald Heifetz and Donald Laurie in their article “The Work of a Leader”. Disciplined attention requires us to address work avoidance or procrastination that are internal to us as leaders and work interruptions that impact [...]

Leading change in complex systems requires many skills, characteristics and values that are often learned rather than innate. Daniel Goleman in his book Focus breaks down the different levels of awareness or focus leaders need to be effective. He talks about inner, other and outer focus and states, “For leaders [...]

“A Public Health Approach to Children’s Mental Health: A Conceptual Framework” was published by Georgetown in 2010. Since that time, the Change Matrix Public Health Group, a partnership between Change Matrix and Searchlight, has presented at conferences and to agencies, worked with communities to integrate the framework into their system [...]

Our work in Leadership Development has been an evolving process with us participating in training on developing leadership within systems of care within childrens’ behavioral health, leadership development within community based organizations, and developing the capacity of emerging leaders in behavioral health in addressing health disparities. As we move into [...]

The US Department of Health Services has developed the Enhanced CLAS (culturally and linguistically appropriate services) Standards to provide guidance to organizations. The National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by establishing a blueprint for health and health care organizations. [...]