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Leadership and Management Pathways Program (LAMPP)

LAMPP

Project Period (duration): 2018-Present

Localities: Commonwealth of Virginia

Funding Source(s): Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation (VCBR)

Principle Investigator (PI): Cecily Rodriguez, Associate Director for Research and Organizational Innovation

Co-Investigators: Dr. Anne Walters, Applied Research Associate

Key Community Partners: VCBR of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)

Description of Project: 

The LAMPP program focuses on identified facility, office, department, or shift group training needs for front line staff and new managers. 

Project Goals: 

  • Skill-building around self-awareness and how to apply such awareness at the hospital/center.
  • Recognizing the use of management and leadership behaviors, and how they merge.
  • Exploring the fundamentals of influencing others.
  • Enhancing communication styles and tactics.
  • Understanding how to think and act beyond one department or team.
  • Creating a toolkit to strengthen manager and facility resiliency.