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Boundary Spanning

Collaborate across formal and informal boundaries to drive results.

Organizational boundaries of all kinds magnify the challenges of leadership. Borders separate functional areas and leader levels, and they divide clients, stakeholders, and employees. Outside of organizations, there are stark differences between genders, ethnicities, and ideologies. Geographical distance separates team members, cultures, and markets. While leaders were once called to operate within the confines of organizational structures, that isn’t the case anymore. Too often, leaders are constrained by their inability to see past the superficial boundaries ...

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