Dr . Carolyn Bennett M.P University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

1. LEADERSHIP Passion & Principles Dr. Carolyn Bennett M.P University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

2. Leadership • Vision • Values • Risk taking

3. Nellie McClung “ Never retreat, never apologize, get the thing done and let them howl ”

4. My mother • Florist, Artist • Not a manager…..my dad did that ! • 2 things • Work hard • Value your friends

5. Prior learning !! • My mother …grandmother • Camp .. • Patient as Partner … • Feminist Theory… • Inclusive decision making • Parenting • the toughest job we’ve ever done • Complexity Theory and Politics • for every complex problem, there is a simple solution that’s WRONG !! • Role as M.P.

6. Camp • Fairness • ‘natural’ leadership evident • Good and Bad !!! • Motivation ??? • Expected more of me than I expected of myself… • Friendship… • Loyalty vs principles…..

7. Parenting • The toughest job we’ve ever done • Barbara Colorosa • Consequences • “convince me” • Have a plan !!

8. Empowered patients • Effective advocates • Engaged citizens

9. Non Quo Sed Quo Modo …. “Not what we do, but how” • Patient as Partner • Social Determinants of Health • Poverty, Violence, Environment, Shelter, Equity, Education • Doctor Multidisciplinary • Hospital Community

10. Patient as Partner • Asking people what’s wrong and listening… what do they think it is ? • Patient knows their body best • As a professional – • know what you know, what you don’t know, who & when to ask for help • Comment on the ‘affect’ • Evidence-based

11. Sir William Osler • “it is a safe rule…. That the best teaching is that taught by the patient himself” • Aequanamitas

12. Feminist Theory Ursula Franklin • Inclusive decision-making • Horizontal structures • Harvesting solutions from the trenches • Good ideas can come from anywhere • Attitude …. • Good governance • Fair • Transparent • Takes People Seriously

13. “Paternalism has been a total failure”Nellie Cornoyea, ‘Speaking Together’ 1975 First Woman Premier, NWT

14. Sir Michael MarmotChair, WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health “The worst thing for a physician is to help someone get well and then send them straight back into the situation that made them sick in the first place”

15. “Politics in Canada has always been the art of making the necessary possible.” Peter C. Newman Deciding what ‘s necessary is political

16. “Good public policy is developed when the policy-makers can keep in their mind’s eye the people affected.” Jane Jacobs

17. Players • Canadians • Patient • Advocate • Citizen • Government • Professionals

18. Making a Difference • NGO’s • Professional Organizations • Media • Electoral Politics

19. Is Political Will … another word for leadership ??? • Knowing what’s best and just doing it ? or • Listening and responding….. or • Values based, evidence based strategy, education and effectiveness

20. “Power is not real. It is an illusion maintained by the belief of the powerless that others hold it.” Elizabeth May Leader, Green Party

21. “Three mistakes: 1. Stop talking like victims 2. Stop assuming we all agree 3. Stop underestimating our strength.” Michael Ignatieff

22. “Feel our strength. We can’t go back to some nostalgic paradise in the past.” Michael Ignatieff

23. “Underestimating our power. Well- meaning fatalism. What can we do?” Michael Ignatieff

25. Leadership vs. Management • Education, cheerleading, persuasion, championing,inspiration • vs. • Control, command, supervision, intimidation

26. Lyndon Johnson • “No amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit”

27. IndiraGhandi • “There are 2 groups of people : those that do the work and those who take the credit…… I have always preferred to be in the former group because there is less competition”

28. LEADER LEADER

29. Best practices… wise and wonderful Wisdom … having made all the mistakes but learned from them… A Complex Adaptive System !!

30. Complex Solutions …… For every complex human problem, there is a neat simple solution. It is just that it`s wrong ! H.L.Mencken We must fiercely defend the need for complex solutions for complex problems….. Progressive movements needs much simple language.

31. Complexity Theory • Simple… • following a recipe • Complicated… • putting a rocket on the moon • Complex…. • Raising a child

32. Species at Risk “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin

33. Motivation and Incentives The folly of rewarding “A” while hoping for “B”

34. Activists …. 2 kinds THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING FOR CHANGE THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO

35. Perfectionists The enemy is ourselves: We can’t let the desire for perfect get in the way of good. Le mieuxestl’enemie du bien. Voltaire

36. Mentoring • 2 way • Friends in all generations • Ursula • Doris • Monique, Judy • Lyn McLeod • Mary Eberts, Marilou …my age • Siobhan Coady, Kirsty Duncan • Briony Penn • Tricia, Sinead, Vanessa Webb, Chi, MoneenNasmith

37. Attitude2+2=5 Knowledgeable Stakeholders + Committed Politicians = Better Public Policy

38. Absent real leadership,political willmagically arrives with increased civic literacy and efficacy.

39. “A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman thinks of the next generation” James Freeman Clarke

40. Sarah Berndhardt Life begets life. Energy begets energy. It is only through spending one’s life that one gets rich.

41. Barbara Rogers • “Physical and mental energy come from feeling in control of your life, having real choices and being involved with others to find ways of organizing for a change for the better.”