<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/838165/open_sms">Tell us what you thought of this episode - send us a text!</a></p><p>Last week I talked about &quot;<em>Leadership Skills Every Public Health Professional Should Develop</em>&quot; and mentioned two episodes from 2020 where I sat down with two amazing guests to discuss leadership.</p><p><b>This week, I wanted to make sure you had a chance to listen to the second one of these episodes - with Anjum Sultana.</b></p><p>--------</p><p>In this episode, Sujani sits down with Anjum Sultana. Anjum is someone Sujani has known for a number of years and has interacted with via phone calls and messaging/email, but this was the first time they both &quot;saw&quot; each other (virtually), so it was a special conversation. Anjum’s advocacy and leadership work is also something that Sujani has been inspired by over the years.</p><p>The conversation with Anjum is not only jam-packed with inspiration and motivation to be a leader in public health but also weaves tangible first steps for all of us to take.</p><p>Public health needs many strong leaders to push agendas forward, and we hope that by sharing stories like that of Anjum&apos;s, you walk away feeling like you too can be a leader in public health.</p><p><b>You’ll Learn</b></p><ul><li>How Anjum defines leadership</li><li>Whether she intentionally chose to become a leader in her space, or it naturally occurred</li><li>A bit about the young Anjum, her first memory of thinking that she could be a leader, and how her dad was an inspiration to her, which has resulted in the work she does in her community</li><li>Attributes of a good leader (skills to build on for anyone wanting to be a leader in their space), and skills Anjum wished she had gained early on</li><li>Things students can focus on specifically while in school to set themselves up to become a strong leader</li><li>Step-by-step how we can go from feeling passionate about a topic/issue/cause to taking incremental action that leads to change. </li><li>Whether leadership only comes from a management/senior-level role (hint: no it doesn’t)</li><li>Whether leaders are born OR if leadership can be learned</li><li>Challenges Anjum faces as a leader in her space</li><li>A final example where Anjum showed that she is a leader in her space: she talks about her journey first authoring <a href='https://www.feministrecovery.ca/'>Canada’s First Feminist Recovery Plan</a>.<ul><li>It is the first nationally-focused one in the country and possibly the world</li><li>She encourages the <a href='http://phspot.ca/signup'>PH SPOT community</a> to read it, make it your own, and reach out to her should you be interested in taking action</li></ul></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://www.phspot.ca/club">Support the show</a></p><p><b>Join </b><a href='https://phspot.org/club'><b>The Public Health Career Club</b></a><b>: </b>A global membership community where public health professionals connect, learn, and support each other in building <em>meaningful and impactful careers.</em></p> <p><em>Go from feeling confused, alone and overwhelmed, to feeling confident and in control of your life and career!</em></p>