Leadership with Impact: Preparing Health and Human Service Practitioners in the Age of Innovation and Diversity

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially changed the landscape in organizational management and leadership, highlighting the need for stronger relationships and support needed by health and human service workers. In this new edition, the authors introduce the I.D.D.E.A. (Innovation, Design, Diversity, Execution, and Assessment) Leadership Framework through which health and human service practitioners can easily design, implement, and evaluate innovative programs to help vulnerable populations and promote organizational and social change. Chapters are updated throughout and Leadership Profiles have been added to each chapter.

About the Author

Juan Carlos Araque has more than 25 years of experience working in the areas of leadership, evaluation, diversity, violence prevention, education, and positive youth development. He is interested in the research and design of public, private, and nonprofit system structures to support positive child and adolescent development and robust child-adult-community relationship building. Dr. Araque is currently a full-time faculty member at the University of Southern California (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and teaches graduate courses for the MPA, MSW, and DSW Programs. He provides academic leadership as principal investigator for research projects and authors peer-reviewed research studies. Eugenia L. Weiss is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Nevada, Reno. She engages in community practice and program evaluation with vulnerable populations, including survivors of trauma and disenfranchised communities of color. Dr. Weiss is a licensed clinical social worker and clinical psychologist. Besides engaging in academic leadership, she has worked with Latine and military veterans and their families. Along with Dr. Araque, she provides leadership training for emerging Latine leaders in behavioral health equity. Her scholarship is transdisciplinary and has been published in peer-reviewed journals.