{"id":722,"date":"2021-12-08T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=722"},"modified":"2025-02-21T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:09:09","slug":"leadership-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/leadership-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Adi Pour, PhD&#8217;86, MS&#8217;83 knows a thing or two about leadership. As the retired Director of the Douglas County Health Department, Dr. Pour spent nearly 20 years serving as a leader in healthcare. She has been recognized many times for her passion for promoting health equity, eliminating health disparities and providing opportunities for all to live a healthy life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, Dr. Pour briefly shares tips and encouragement for UNMC students and alumni who would like to develop as leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leadership Advice for Students\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7G9V-FP5S4?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of Dr. Pour&#8217;s advice includes finding mentors to help develop your leadership skills and bounce your ideas off of. 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