boundary spanner?
January 5th, 2007
A boundary spanner is variously defined as one who blurs, disregards, reaches across, and otherwise “spans” the edges or “boundaries” of concepts, departments, programs, jobs, roles.
Rarely does management appreciate the strengths and skills of their boundary spanners. Too bad. The spanners are the oil in the machine.
Here’s a good description.
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