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Russ Linden

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Russ Linden is a management consultant, educator and author. His major areas of expertise include change management, performance improvement and collaboration. He has written five books, his most recent being Leading Across Boundaries: Creating Collaborative Agencies in a Networked World (Jossey-Bass, 2010).

His clients have included several intelligence, natural-resources and defense agencies; the departments of State, Treasury, Interior, Veterans Affairs and Education; more than 40 state and local government agencies; and nonprofits in the U.S. and Israel.

Nurturing the next generation of leaders is one of the best things you can do for your organization.
A remarkable book provides leaders with a practical, simple framework, based on the latest brain research, for turning an organization to a new direction.
The leadership fight at the University of Virginia is a powerful example of why so many change efforts fail.
After Hurricane Katrina, it was collaborative leadership that returned order to New Orleans and improved rescue and recovery efforts.
The more an agency can make information transparent, the more it will breed change into an organization.
Don't underestimate the strength of a good one to persuade people and move them to action.
Before selling a solution, a leader needs to "sell the problem." That's best done when managers themselves experience what's wrong.
'Learned helplessness' can be a powerful drag on an organization's performance. But there are ways to combat it.
Of all the skills and traits we expect of our leaders, none of them is more important than the ability to learn from one's mistakes.
It's up to an organization's leaders to create a culture that fosters collaboration, writes Russ Linden.