LEAD Overview

Visit ANTHC's Leadership Excellence through Advancement and Determination (LEAD) webpage for a detailed program description and lists and links to required documents. 

To complete your application, gather documents and signatures: 
  • Current Curriculum Vitae or Resume
  • Leadership Program Development Plan 
  • Personal Statement
    • Who you are, why you work in Tribal Health, and what your motivation for applying to LEAD is
    • Your short-term and long-term goals, and how participating in LEAD will help you achieve them
    • What leadership means to you and how you demonstrate or role model leadership in your current position
    • Following your participation in LEAD, how you will reinvent yourself both personally and professionally
  • Program Time & Obligations form

ANTHC Employee (including remote) General Eligibility:
In addition to being Alaska Native or Native American one must:
  • Be a full time employee, including designated groups of employees who work "regular full time" at 36 hours per week
  • By Program Kick Off, September 16, 2022, have been an ANTHC employee for a minimum of twelve months
  • Have no corrective actions, and be in “good standing” for the past twelve months
  • Have received a “meets expectations” (or higher) on Annual Performance Evaluation or employees who haven't received an evaluation must obtain a Letter of Recommendation from their supervisor
  • Both applicant and applicants supervisor must sign Program Time & Obligations
LEAD Specific Requirements
Track 1: APU - Strong written and oral skills are needed, participants must be able to turn in graduate level writing for the APU modules.
Track 2: CM - Strong ability to study and prepare for exams independently. 
  • Must have: A combination of education and work experience​ 
    • Undergraduate degree, ​​AND 
    • Be a supervisor for a minimum of 1-year or obtain Supervisor Letter of Recommendation
  • or​
    • Be a Pathways to Leadership Graduate AND 
    • ​​Be in a leadership position for a minimum of 1-year
Notes:
  • Applicants must wait one year between applying for the next program, i.e. a 2021 Pathways graduate may apply for the 2022-2023 LEAD program
  • Remote Employees are required to attend 3 in person events, in Anchorage, during the LEAD program. ANTHC does not provide any funding for the participants expenses to attend in person events.

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