Barnabas File

Dr. Henry Cloud, a well-known clinical psychologist and leadership consultant, always gives practical, applicable guidance based both on experience and research.  He continues to provide this type of information in Boundaries for Leaders:  Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge. Written for organizational leaders, Cloud challenges leaders to be “ridiculously in charge” by setting boundaries “that determine whether the vision and the people thrive or fail.” He defines a boundary as “a structure that determines what will exist and what will not.” A leader must step up and take complete responsibility about what will and what will not be allowed in an organization.  He writes, “[A]s a leader, you always get what you create and what you allow.” Cloud’s seven leadership boundaries are:  help people’s brains work better; build the emotional climate that fuels performance, facilitate connections that boost people’s functioning; facilitate thin...