Based on interviews with leaders and the authors' experiences helping groups change, this guide argues that traditional leadership usually advances the interests of one group over another and perpetuates divisions that are reinforced by group boundaries, and outlines a type of leadership in business, politics, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, education, and government that can address the interdependent challenges, dangers, and opportunities present in a fractured, complex, and unpredictable world with divisions between groups. It draws on research and theories from anthropology, social psychology, human development, and business to detail the need for a global change agent who prompts people to cross group boundaries to address shared problems; helps groups address maladaptive practices that keep people from responding to emerging threats and the demands of a changing world; works with divided and fractured groups to build a bridge by healing wounds, reducing the mystery of the other, and resolving conflicts; and intervenes with a stuck group to stimulate creativity to produce solutions. It explains how habitual ways of thinking and operating thwart problem solving and creative work and why global change agents are needed; how cultural practices, values, and group narratives create divisions between groups, reinforce boundaries, and impede interdependent problem solving, and how to analyze group dynamics for adaptive and maladaptive features; how to expand personal boundaries to increase leadership; and self-care. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less