The Essentials of Leadership and Management (ELM) Power Hour PLUS: Expand Your Impact series equips public health leaders with the strategic insights, practical tools, and real-world strategies needed to lead with confidence and drive meaningful change. Building upon the success of the traditional 60-minute Power Hour format, Power Hour PLUS expands each session to 75 minutes, creating additional time for deeper exploration of leadership concepts, meaningful discussion, practical application, and peer-to-peer engagement.

Description: This session builds on the fundamentals of feedback to develop leaders’ coaching skills, focusing on the conversations that happen after feedback is delivered. Participants will practice shifting from advice-giving to inquiry, learn how to clarify expectations without micromanaging, and develop a follow-up strategy that reinforces growth and accountability over time.

Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between feedback, coaching, and direction — and know which one the moment calls for.
• Use powerful coaching questions to shift ownership, promote reflection, and generate next steps.
• Apply a feedback-to-coaching bridge that supports both growth and accountability without micromanaging.
• Design a simple follow-up strategy to reinforce progress and sustain momentum after a coaching conversation.

Speaker: Laura E. Knights, LCSW, Founder and CEO, Knights Consulting

Registration for Session 4 will close on Tuesday, November 17, 2026.