CHAPTER 4Busting Boundaries

Breaking Up Maladaptive Practices

Sometimes the work of leadership requires busting the boundaries of your own group to free up the system to better respond to both internal and external challenges that threaten the group. Busting boundaries is about breaking up a set of maladaptive practices and mindsets that hinder people’s capacity to deal with reality. These set of practices create a psychological, emotional, or cultural boundary for the group, informing what people believe they should or should not do in order to survive. When the practices are maladaptive, boundaries need to be busted, or else danger awaits and opportunities will pass people by. The persistence of the group’s maladaptive practices might also ...

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