Introduction: Inspired by the Past, Empowering the Future by Cynthia Lamberth

Section I. Framing Systems Change

Chapter 1. The Time is Now for Leading Systems Change in Public Health Practice by Eve C. Pinsker, Christina R. Welter, and Kristina Y. Risley

Chapter 2. Racial Justice and Power-Sharing: The Heart of Leading Systems Change by Lili Farhang and Solange Gould

Chapter 3. Readiness for Change by Amy Mullenix, Rebecca Wells, and Karen Trierweiler

Section II. The Levels and Success Practices for System Change in Public Health

Chapter 4. Personal Leadership by Kristina Y. Risley and Renee Branch Canady

Chapter 5. Interpersonal Leadership by Patricia Moten Marshall, Christina R. Welter, and Samantha Cinnick

Chapter 6. Organizational Leadership by Mary F. Morten and Geneva Porter

Chapter 7. Team and Cross-Sector Leadership by Jeannine Herrick, Christina R. Welter, and Patricia Moten Marshall

Section III. The Process to Lead Systems Change

Chapter 8. Leading Change Through Partnership: Community Organizing, Coalition-Building, and Engaging Nontraditional Partners by Jonathan Webb

Chapter 9. Articulate the Root Challenge by Christina R. Welter, Eve C. Pinsker, and Kristen Hassmiller Lich

Chapter 10. Leveraging the Lessons of Implementation Science to Serve Systems Change by W. Oscar Fleming

Chapter 11. Sustainability and Effective Public Health: A Committed Relationship by Gillian Gawne-Mittelstaedt

Section IV. Practical Examples

Chapter 12. Challenges and Opportunities in Leading Systems Change by Jonathan Webb, Brian C. Castrucci, Grace Castillo, and Kristina Y. Risley

Chapter 13. Public Health Systems Change in Action by Jeannine Herrick and Ray Dlugolecki

Chapter 14. Community Leadership by Dorothy Cilenti and Lacy Fehrenbach

Chapter 15. Using Systems Thinking to Build Preparedness and Response Readiness by Gina Massuda Barnett, Millka Baetcke, Christina R. Welter, and Grace Castillo

Afterword by Golda Philip