Leadership Training Programs
               and Competencies for Mental Health, Health,
                 Public Administration, and Business
                     in Seven Countries
                      Winter/spring 2009
                              Leadership Training Programs
                       and Competencies for Mental Health, Health,
                           Public Administration, and Business
                                    in Seven Countries
                                        January 29, 2009
                                       Richard H. Beinecke
                                     DPA, ACSW, Associate Professor
                                        Suffolk University
                             Departments of Public Management and Healthcare
                                     In collaboration with the
                             International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership
                                        www.iimhl.com
                                          Contact:
                                       Richard H. Beinecke
                            Suffolk University Department of Public Management
                                 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108. 
                                     Telephone 617-573-8062
                                  Email rickhbeinecke@comcast.net
                                                                                                                                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                                                  Acknowledgements                                                                                                                  ........      1
                                                                                                  Executive Summary                                                                                                                 ........      2
                                                                                                  Introduction: The Need For Mental Health Leadership
                                                                                                  Training                                                                                                                          ........      4
                                                                                                  Leadership Programs and Competencies in the Countries ........ 21
                                                                                                  > Australia                                                                                                                       ........   21
                                                                                                  > Canada                                                                                                                          ........   22
                                                                                                  > New Zealand                                                                                                                     ........   25
                                                                                                  > Scotland                                                                                                                        ........   30
                                                                                                  > United Kingdom (England)                                                                                                        ........   32
                                                                                                  > United States                                                                                                                   ........   38
                                                                                                  > Wales (United Kingdom)                                                                                                          ........   53
                                                                                                  Our Leadership Competencies and Programs’ Priorities                                                                              ........   55
                                                                                                  Transactional (Execution, Management) Skills                                                                                      ........   57
                                                                                                  Discussion                                                                                                                        ........   60
                                                                                                  Next Steps                                                                                                                        ........   62
                                                                                                  References                                                                                                                        ........   63
                                                                                                  Appendices                                                                                                                        ........   71
                                 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
            This project is only possible due to the support and information supplied by people in many of the 
            participating countries and the review by some of paper drafts.  They include:
            Australia: Brett Emmerson, Margaret Grigg, Ruth Vine, Bridget Weller, Harvey Whiteford, Jennifer Witheriff.
            Canada: Don Briscoe, Monique Cikaliuk, Graham Dickson, Paula Goering, Steve Lurie, Tim Mau, Cathie Scott.
            New Zealand: David Chaplow, Janet Peters, Sally Pitts-Brown, David Robinson, Robyn Shearer, Fran Silvestri.
            Scotland: Jean Byrne, Ashleigh Dunn (no longer active in this field), Gregor Henderson, Nigel Henderson, 
            David Langton, Helen Walker, Zoe van Zwanenberg.
            United Kingdom: Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe, Michael Clark, Paul Dufy, Mark Lyall, Chris Manning, Ian 
            McPherson, Christina Pond, Steve Onyett, Lawrence Whyte.
            United States: Bev Abbott, Neal Adams, Kristin Battista-Frazee, Christopher Carroll, Allen Daniels, Stacey 
            Davis, Kris Ericson, Bob Glover, Bob Hermann, Don Hevey, Michael Hoge, Noel Mazade, Kathryn Power, 
            Jeffrey Raffel, Lee Ann Slayton.
            Wales: Christine Bamford, Jan Williams, Paul Williams.
            Many thanks to all who collaborated with me. My apologies to any who helped that I overlooked.
            More information on how to access many of their organizations is contained in the text and “References.”
            In the end, the final report is the responsibility of the author.
            A NOTE ON SPELLING. Because this is a collaboration among seven primarily English speaking countries, 
            the paper includes minor differences in spelling of some words such as “organization”/”organisation”, 
            “center”/”centre”, and “program”/”programme.” Rather than select one spelling and to maintain the 
            integrity of their individual use, the different spellings are used when appropriate for each situation. I 
            also use “carers” as well as “families” to denote families of persons with mental illnesses. 
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