Leadership Lives

What makes a great leader? How does leadership live in our own lives, and in our universities, businesses, organizations, and world communities? Dr. Lisa Adams, Geisel School of Medicine faculty member and head of Dartmouth's Global Health Initiative, says it's important to be a "leader who listens" if you want to be successful working with global health partners. According to Dr. Adams, leadership is important to global health because the complex challenges of health care delivery demand "leaders who can think in creative and innovative ways" and develop complex solutions. She says she's been able to grow her leadership skills by watching other effective leaders in action, including Dartmouth faculty who are "leaders and experts in their fields."

What makes a great leader? How does leadership live in our own lives, and in our universities, businesses, organizations, and communities? Geisel School of Medicine student Jessica Linden Swienckowski discusses the advantages of Dartmouth's class size in building leaders and how her clinical research experience in neurosurgery gives her the confidence to "face challenges over the next two years that I've never imagined before."

What makes a great leader? How does leadership live in our own lives, and in our universities, businesses, organizations, and communities? Leadership expert Dr. Wiley "Chip" Souba, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine, says true leadership occurs when we're actively working toward a future that's "compelling and bigger than ourselves." He discusses how Geisel School of Medicine works to not only prepare students to practice medicine but also prepare students to be "leaders of change."