CHAPTER 6Building Bridges
When deep, wide fractures develop between groups and people refuse to work together to address shared challenges, the leadership task is to help groups build a bridge of connection and understanding. The work necessitates helping groups modify their perceptions of the other, to transcend their tribalizing impulses, and to work together on behalf of creating a shared future. Specifically, bridge building over fractures is needed when
unresolved issues in the present or from the past are causing friction and enmity;
competing priorities have led to misunderstandings, growing ...
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