Boundaries for Leaders

Good boundaries, both those that help us manage ourselves and lead others, always produce freedom, not control.

This book is about what leaders need to do in order for people to accomplish a vision.

and I emphasized that being open to feedback is a key indicator not only of leadership aptitude but also of character. Good character welcomes feedback and foolish character fights it off. (See my book Necessary Endings

Negatively, they set limits on confusion and distraction. They prohibit practices and behaviors that sow the seeds of a negative emotional climate in any way, realizing that toxic behavior and emotions impede high performance. They disallow silos, compartmentalization, individual agendas, fragmentation, isolation, or divisions among their people. I

On the flip side, good leadership boundaries diminish bad behavior and forge an immune system that automatically identifies, isolates, and stamps out toxins, infections, or other viral patterns that would make the organization sick or lead it away from its values, mission, purpose, and results. Strong leaders set up the kind of culture and structur

What was the real issue? THE NEED FOR BOUNDARIES The issue was that Chris and his team had failed to establish the boundaries that would positively drive organizational health and the boundaries that would immunize them against sickness.

As we look at how the boundaries a leader sets bring clarity, you will learn techniques and practices that will fill in some gaps, giving you clear leadership action steps to take. You will learn how to turn the tide that already exists. You will learn how to deal with the root causes of dysfunction and how to create immunity against these infectio

What is your appetite for feedback and receptivity to it? Do you get defensive, or reactive? To the extent that you see it as adversarial, your brain will fight it or move away from it. But if you can make receiving feedback part of your value system, if you can frame it as one of the best gifts that you can ever have, then you will become an open

positive force for good and a negative force against bad. You know what they are for and what they are against.