Working Across Boundaries

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Working Across Boundaries is a practical guide for nonprofitand government professionals who want to learn the techniques andstrategies of successful collaboration. Written by Russell M.Linden, one of the most widely recognized experts in organizationalchange, this no nonsense book shows how to make collaboration workin the real world. It offers practitioners a framework fordeveloping collaborative relationships and shows them how to adoptstrategies that have proven to be successful with a wide range oforganizations. Filled with in-depth case studies--including aparticularly challenging case in which police officers and socialworkers overcome the inherent differences in their cultures to helpabused children--the book clearly shows how organizations havedealt with the hard issues of collaboration. Working AcrossBoundaries includes * Information on how to select potential partners * Guidelines for determining what kinds of projects lendthemselves to collaboration and which do not * Suggestions on how to avoid common pitfalls ofcollaboration * Strategies proven to work consistently * The phases most collaborative projects go through * The nature of collaborative leadership

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Russell M. Linden

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Business & Management Gemeinnützige Organisationen / Management u. Führung Non-Profit Organizations / Management Leadership Öffentliche Verwaltung u. Management Public Administration & Management Wirtschaft u. Management

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"Everywhere I go these days, people are struggling to get publicorganizations to collaborate. It's a difficult challenge, butthankfully Russ Linden has studied what actually works in thefield. Linden's book is practical, very clear, and trulyindispensable for anyone who needs to work across organizationalboundaries to get the job done."-- David Osborne, coauthor,Reinventing Government and The Reinventors Fieldbook "This is a wonderful book! For the novice collaborator, itoffers inspiration, stories, and clear directions, all in thehelpful, encouraging voice of a good coach who never doubts for aminute that you can do it, and that it is worth doing." -- Joey Rodger, president and CEO, Urban LibrariesCouncil "As we increase work across boundaries, Lindens book provides animportant framework for collaboration and excellent examples of thepower of this approach for practitioners." -- Robert J. ONeill Jr., executive director, InternationalCity/County Management Association and former president, NationalAcademy of Public Administration "The ideas contained in this book have far-reaching potential tohelp governments and nonprofit agencies gain new efficiencies andeffectiveness that can benefit our communities." -- Charles F. Gerhards, CIO, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania "Working Across Boundaries is a glimpse into the futureof how government managers in the twenty-first century will workthrough networks, partnerships, and collaboration . . . Russ Lindenpaints a picture of the dynamics to which leaders will need torespond in order to get program results. Practitioners will be ableto pick up this book and start applying its principlesimmediately." -- John Kamensky, director, managing for results practice,PwC Consulting; former deputy director, National Partnership forReinventing Government "Russ Linden has a knack for writing on precisely the rightsubject at the most appropriate time. Now he's done it again.Governments at all levels are under pressure to break down bothinternal and external barriers . . . . Linden writes in acompelling way to make his powerful points . . . . He is right ontarget." -- Peter Harkness, publisher, Governing Maazine
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