On this page is a listing of newspaper, magazine articles and blogs about the book, as well as book reviews and radio and TV interviews.
Public Manager Review on Boundary Spanning, Fall 2011
Transforming Government Borders Into Common Ground
Fred Lang, the Chief Learning Officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides a review of Boundary Spanning Leadership in the Fall 2011 issue of The Public Manager, a leading and independent journal focusing on government leadership that works. The review, titled “Transforming Government Borders into Common Ground” discusses the urgency of applying the book’s tools to successfully lead the reorganization of the U.S. government.
Business Leadership Review, July 2011
BSL Book Review
Mike Johnson, Chairman of the FutureWork Forum reviews Boundary Spanning Leadership in the Business Leadership Review. He opens by writing, “Boundary Spanning Leadership is an impressive attempt to assist business leaders in successfully merging diverse organisations – taking account not just of the institutional structures but more importantly dealing with the human element of bringing staff from different backgrounds together to achieve a common goal.”
The Moscow Times, June 2011
Boundary Spanning Leadership
Boundary Spanning Leadership hits the Moscow Times!
People In Aid, June 2011
Book Review
Boundary Spanning Leadership is reviewed by People In Aid, an umbrella organization committed to organizational effectiveness in the humanitarian and development sector.
Strategic Direction, May 2011
Interview with Chris Ernst and Donna Chrobot-Mason
Chris and Donna are interviewed by Juliet Harrison of Strategic Direction journal in the May 2011 issue.
T+D Magazine, May 2011
Authors to Watch: An Interview with CCL’s Chris Ernst
In this article T+D identifies Chris as an author “worth watching.”
The National Society of Leadership and Success, April 25th
Motivational Monday
Listen to Chris’ 3 minute recording about the need to develop the next genereation of Boundary Spanning leaders. This address was sent out to over 75,000 college students across the country.
MIT Sloan Management Review, April 2011
Flat World, Hard Boundaries – How to Lead Across Them
Read Chris & Donna’s feature article in the Spring 2011 issue of the leading business journal, MIT Sloan Management Review. At the SMR site, you can also downlink a .pdf version of the print version.
AvoLead, April 2011
Book Review: AvoLead Leadership Consultancy
The folks at AvoLead, an innovative leadership strategic consultancy, review the book with this lead-off sentence: “How refreshing and empowering to find a book on contemporary leadership that not only frames relevant issues that organization leaders face by identifying boundaries they are likely to encounter, but it also offers practical solutions to spanning these boundaries based on a decade of real-world research…”
AmCham Connect Article on BSL, April 2011
Consultant’s Corner: Boundary Spanning Leadership for a Globalized Marketplace
AmCham Connect sits down with the authors and the CCL EMEA team to learn more about boundary spanning leadership.
HRPS, 2011
C-Suite Challenges and the Economic Meltdown: What’s Next for Senior Leaders?
“Read this article to explore future trends in leadership, including the increasing need for boundary spanning leadership.”
Drucker Institute , February 2011
Breaking Boundaries
A blog post by the Drucker Institute asks “What kind of barriers exist in your organization, and how are you trying to span them?” See their take on this question in this post.
The Washington Post, February 9, 2011
Using Social Media to Enhance Authenticity and Collaboration
The powerful rise of social media, as witnessed on the streets of Egypt, will continually challenge leaders to develop two crucial skills – authenticity and collaboration across boundaries.
European CEO, February 11 2011
Boundary Spanning Leadership
Gain a global perspective by reading this article distributed to CEO’s across Europe as well as at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.
AIMC Newsletter, Winter 2011
The Importance of Boundary Spanning Leadership
An interview with CCL’s David Horth leading up to his keynote address at the 2011 Association of Internal Management Consultants conference.
Business Day, South Africa, February 7, 2011
Spanning Boundaries is Next Step
CCL’s CEO, John Ryan, speaks with Business Day, South Africa’s most influential and respected daily newspaper about the need for boundary spanning leadership in a V.U.C.A. world.
Harvard Business Review, January 28, 2011
Finding Innovation in the Flattened Organization
All companies want innovation like right now! But horizontal boundaries and silos get in the way between groups of people that need to be collaborating together. Go to HBR to join the discussion and read how to turn limiting boundaries into frontiers for innovation.
News and Observer, January 2, 2011
In 2011 Cross Lines and Prosper.
The new year has just begun, but already it poses a major challenge and opportunities… How do we work in a coordinated effort to solve some of our community’s toughest challenges, from high unemployment to education inequities?
Chief Learning Officer, December 8, 2010
Leadership Beyond Boundaries.
The world may be flat, but human relationships are bounded by limits. Action learning and experiential leadership development can help overcome those personal and organizational boundaries.
Forbes, November 24, 2010
Turn Leadership Boundaries Into Frontiers.
Frontiers are where all innovation happens, so you’ve got to open the way to them in your organization.
News and Observer, August 29, 2010
Asheville brewery infused with collaborators.
Excerpt: Leadership has long been – and, in many organizations, continues to be – a strictly top-down affair. The chain of command issues orders, and people down the line are supposed to follow them. Along the way, good ideas get lost, internal rivalries harden, workers lose their incentive to innovate, and bottom-line performance suffers.
Forbes, October 28, 2009
Leadership Beyond Bounds.
How to lead by collaborating far beyond your area of direct authority.
