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"...???an invaluable contribution to anyone charged with shaping organizations, big and small."
DON KETTL, author, The Next Government of the United States

Praise for LEADING ACROSS BOUNDARIES

"Leading Across Boundaries is a terrific resource for nonprofit leaders. It is filled with great stories of collaboration, and also with the how-to's to make them work!"
ARLENE KAUKUS, former president, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, and a nonprofit consultant

"Linden illustrates the importance of collaboration, but drives further into issues of networks to teach us valuable lessons about core interests, trust, leadership, and success. This book is a very valuable and timely resource for practitioners who seek to produce more value from effective collaboration."
STEPHEN GOLDSMITH, Daniel Paul Professor of Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and author, The Power of Social Innovation

"Linden provides a fresh, practitioner-oriented perspective on the topic of collaborationespecially for those in the public and nonprofit sectors wanting to benefit from Web 2.0 and social-networking technologies. It's a gem of a book and a terrific road map for leading change."
WARREN MASTER, president and editor-in-chief, The Public Manager

"Linden uses fabulous examples to illustrate the essential ideas for collaboration and for effective leadership. His discussions of political acumen and the interpersonal side of collaboration are especially enlightening. I've been a manager for a long time, and wish I'd read this book earlier in my career!"
ELLEN SWITKES, assistant vice president emeritus, academic advancement, office of the president, University of California

"Trust, transparency, and relationships are keys to successful collaboration. Linden takes these concepts and more and constructs a masterful lesson plan for us to follow."
TIM LONGO, police chief, Charlottesville, Virginia

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"...???an invaluable contribution to anyone charged with shaping organizations, big and small."
—DON KETTL, author, The Next Government of the United States

Praise for LEADING ACROSS BOUNDARIES

"Leading Across Boundaries is a terrific resource for nonprofit leaders. It is filled with great stories of collaboration, and also with the how-to's to make them work!"
—ARLENE KAUKUS, former president, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, and a nonprofit consultant

"Linden illustrates the importance of collaboration, but drives further into issues of networks to teach us valuable lessons about core interests, trust, leadership, and success. This book is a very valuable and timely resource for practitioners who seek to produce more value from effective collaboration."
—STEPHEN GOLDSMITH, Daniel Paul Professor of Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and author, The Power of Social Innovation

"Linden provides a fresh, practitioner-oriented perspective on the topic of collaboration—especially for those in the public and nonprofit sectors wanting to benefit from Web 2.0 and social-networking technologies. It's a gem of a book and a terrific road map for leading change."
—WARREN MASTER, president and editor-in-chief, The Public Manager

"Linden uses fabulous examples to illustrate the essential ideas for collaboration and for effective leadership. His discussions of political acumen and the interpersonal side of collaboration are especially enlightening. I've been a manager for a long time, and wish I'd read this book earlier in my career!"
—ELLEN SWITKES, assistant vice president emeritus, academic advancement, office of the president, University of California

"Trust, transparency, and relationships are keys to successful collaboration. Linden takes these concepts and more and constructs a masterful lesson plan for us to follow."
—TIM LONGO, police chief, Charlottesville, Virginia

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"...???an invaluable contribution to anyone charged with shaping organizations, big and small."
DON KETTL, author, The Next Government of the United States

Praise for LEADING ACROSS BOUNDARIES

"Leading Across Boundaries is a terrific resource for nonprofit leaders. It is filled with great stories of collaboration, and also with the how-to's to make them work!"
ARLENE KAUKUS, former president, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, and a nonprofit consultant

"Linden illustrates the importance of collaboration, but drives further into issues of networks to teach us valuable lessons about core interests, trust, leadership, and success. This book is a very valuable and timely resource for practitioners who seek to produce more value from effective collaboration."
STEPHEN GOLDSMITH, Daniel Paul Professor of Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and author, The Power of Social Innovation

"Linden provides a fresh, practitioner-oriented perspective on the topic of collaborationespecially for those in the public and nonprofit sectors wanting to benefit from Web 2.0 and social-networking technologies. It's a gem of a book and a terrific road map for leading change."
WARREN MASTER, president and editor-in-chief, The Public Manager

"Linden uses fabulous examples to illustrate the essential ideas for collaboration and for effective leadership. His discussions of political acumen and the interpersonal side of collaboration are especially enlightening. I've been a manager for a long time, and wish I'd read this book earlier in my career!"
ELLEN SWITKES, assistant vice president emeritus, academic advancement, office of the president, University of California

"Trust, transparency, and relationships are keys to successful collaboration. Linden takes these concepts and more and constructs a masterful lesson plan for us to follow."
TIM LONGO, police chief, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (February 22, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470396776
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470396773
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.99 x 9 inches

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Russ is a management educator and author of six books. Since the mid 1980s he has taught public and nonprofit executives and managers about leadership, collaboration, the human side of change, resilience, crisis leadership and related topics. His latest book is Loss and Discovery: What the Torah Can Teach Us about Leading Change.

He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia and taught at the Federal Executive Institute for 35 years. He wrote a column on management innovations for Governing Magazine’s Management Insights for 18 years. In 2003 he was the Williams Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the State University of New York (Fredonia) School of Business. Previously he directed executive programs at the University of Virginia, and managed human services programs for 7 years. He has also consulted with nonprofits in the U.S. and Israel, and with several elected officials.

Russ has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Michigan. He has a Ph.D. in organization leadership from the University of Virginia. His volunteer activities include leading an organization that works to make the community more open and welcoming to refugees and immigrants. He and his wife live in Charlottesville. They have two adult children and three grandchildren.

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Informative and well-written

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I purchased this book for a class in my Masters Program. It has been invaluable and is very well written. I love using it in a class because it is not written like a textbook. It is written in a real-world way.

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Matthew T Gould

Great look at collaboration

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Well written and great use of examples from across the spectrum of public service organizations. Highly recommended for managers looking to use collaboration in their organizations.

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On the plus side it's an easy read.

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3 stars because it's a textbook. On the plus side it's an easy read.

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An Essential Book for Leaders

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 8, 2010

As a federal government manager for more than 30 years, I have too often seen the results of an inability or unwillingness to collaborate for the public good. With Russ Linden's book, I no longer have an excuse for failing to make collaboration work. Leading Across Boundaries offers insights and concrete tools that make collaboration understandable and achievable in a world that demands it more and more.

The author seems to leave no aspect of this important topic unaddressed. From the opening chapter which makes the case for why collaboration is essential, he moves to present a straightforward and easy to understand framework for collaborating. Selecting a high priority project, the appropriate people to work together, forging shared goals, using an open process, and gaining the support of a champion are elements of the framework, but Linden is "spot-on" in noting that any successful collaboration is anchored in building relationships and trust. Ordering people to collaborate is a prescription for failure.

Leading Across Boundaries does not stop there, because Russ Linden, having worked with thousands of state, local, and federal government leaders, knows that the best of frameworks will confront serious real-life challenges. This is no academic treatise on collaboration. It is anchored in the meeting room, not the classroom (though studying it in the classroom will avoid a lot of meeting room failures!). Its true power comes in teasing out, beautifully illustrating, and offering real-world, workable answers to the personal, interpersonal, cultural, and organizational problems that confront those who seek to foster collaborative efforts. And a real plus - there is no academic jargon here, just down-to-earth, clear prose.

One of Linden's great strengths as a writer is his ability to immerse the reader in short but well-crafted case studies - enabling us to see collaboration up close. And he does not shy away from presenting failures as well as successes. Why did FEMA's Michael Brown fail in responding to Hurricane Katrina while the Coast Guard's Thad Allen proved a model of effectiveness amidst the same chaos? How did one federal manager bring about a major collaborative effort among nine University of California campuses to enhance minority enrollment in graduate programs, despite an inherently go-it-alone academic culture? How is it that Israelis and Arabs can actually work together despite centuries of mutual distrust? How do you get tobacco farmers and health advocates to actually cooperate - indeed, how do you get them to even talk to each other? No one can say that Linden doesn't take on tough issues.

One of the beauties of this book is that it can be read - and used - in so many ways. Sixteen major case studies allow in-depth probing of collaboration and what makes it work or fail to work. Over 70 tables, figures and exhibits bring out major points in easy to locate and remember fashion. Many of these offer tips that are valuable checklists for collaborative success. An appendix offers a "Create Your Own Game Plan" set of worksheets to think through and strategize for your own collaborative efforts. And if the book whets your appetite for even more, which it will, a companion Web site offers additional resources.

If you are an existing or aspiring leader, your success will depend on your ability to collaborate. Someone once said that "practice alone does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect." Leading Across Boundaries will help you engage in prefect practice - and much stronger and more successful collaboration than you probably thought possible.

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Passionate About Collaboration

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2010

Collaboration is one of the key elements of President Obama's signature Open Government Initiative. However, federal agencies' Open Government Plans don't seem to address it very well. But collaboration expert Russ Linden says "collaboration is vital, difficult, and learnable." And he's written a book that makes all three of these points.

It's Vital. Linden illustrates how a collaborative mindset is vital with the story of Hurricane Katrina, where FEMA director Michael Brown thought his job was to manage FEMA and couldn't control other agencies outside his span of control. In contrast, his successor, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, saw his role as coordinating a huge network of agencies. He did this by emphasizing transparency of information a ongoing communications.

It's Difficult. Linden covers all the tough parts of doing collaboration: how do you create and sustain trust among the group's members? How do you share information? How do you navigate the different organizational cultures that may be involved in a collaboration (for example, how do you. blend law enforcement and social workers on the same team)? And how do you deal with difficult people? He notes that "collaboration inevitably requires negotiation, give and take, and compromise. Each is easier in the context of a trusting relationship." But you often face "huge egos, empire builders, information hoarders, and cultures that reinforce them." He offers examples, and techniques to help overcome these difficulties.

It's Learnable. The most encouraging part of Linden's book is that collaborative mindsets are learnable. He offers key collaborative factors (such as ensuring the appropriate people are at the table). He defines the tasks and roles of champions and sponsors. He offers tools and techniques. He describes strategies for establishing commitment to a project. And most importantly, he does all of this by using real-life case examples and not theory. These examples are federal, state, local, non-profit and international in scope. These include examples of co-locating operations, such as state fusion centers, and the use of data-driven approaches, such as Washington State's GMAP initiative.

And why is Russ Linden passionate about collaboration? He concludes his book with: "I am convinced that a collaborative mindset is the leadership characteristic most critical for dealing with the networked world of the twenty-first century." I agree!

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