Dr. Helen Gayle is an accomplished, published, and revered doctor, researcher, …show more content…
Being a black female, in a white old boys dominated profession, the reeducating of the world to care about sexually transmitted diseases, and battling her own agency for funding, and all of the politics involved with these issues took effective communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to develop trust and confidence, by collectively working to achieve a common goal and extensive knowledge of the working of governments (Riccucci, …show more content…
Helene Gayle and the AIDS Epidemic, follows the career, accomplishments, and effective managerial leadership skills in the field of public health and contagious diseases. As an accomplished doctor and researcher Dr. Gayle has devoted to her career to the global fight against AIDS, all the while conquering political, social, economic, and geographical boundaries to have a major impact (Riccucci, 2002). Gayle overcame cultural bias, social stigmas, funding challenges, intricacies of working with foreign governments, and politics by exercising external support, individual support, and professionalism (Riccucci, 2002; Starling, 2010). Her participatory style of management and empowerment of her staff allowed her to plan, coordinate, and operate the many facets of an organization simultaneously (Riccucci, 2002). Finally, the leadership lessons learned from Dr. Helen Gayle, for successfully managing globally, are developing strategies, collaboration, interpersonal skills, political skills, pragmatic incrementalism, and empowering the staff (Riccucci,