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  • Ron’s TedX Talk on Transformation can be found here

Academic Research and Whitepapers

Cross-Functional Team Research:

  • "Functional Leadership in Interteam Contexts" (PMC/NIH) - A comprehensive systematic review examining how leaders manage interaction processes across group boundaries, affect intergroup relations, and facilitate system-level outcomes. This study analyzed 160 articles and provides evidence on leadership in cross-functional contexts.

  • "Cross-functional team effectiveness: An examination of internal team environment, shared leadership, and cohesion influences" (2013) - Research using structural equation modeling that found internal team environment influences effectiveness through shared leadership and cohesion, with unique findings specific to cross-functional teams.

  • "Crossing functions above the cross-functional project team: The value of lateral coordination among functional department heads" (ScienceDirect, 2013) - Empirical research examining how department heads can directly affect team performance through lateral coordination, studying 60 cross-functional project teams.

    Matrix Management and Lateral Leadership:

  • "Influence without authority and navigating through internal politics" (PMI Global Congress) - A six-step process paper examining how project managers can gain authority and navigate organizational politics, addressing the myth that project managers lack authority.

  • "The Mayo Leadership Impact Index Adapted for Matrix Leadership Structures" (PubMed, 2024) - Recent research providing validity evidence for leadership measures in matrix organizations, addressing the growing number of healthcare systems with matrix leadership structures.

    Contemporary Research on Influence Strategies

    "Leadership: Influencing Without Authority in Clinical Research" (SOCRA, 2019) - Detailed examination of interpersonal and leadership skills necessary for influence in professional settings, including different sources of influence and influencing styles.

    Recent Trends and Applications

  • "Three Essential Skills to Effectively Leading in a Matrix Organization" (LinkedIn, 2023) - Identifies three core competencies: organizational agility, relational skills, and influencing skills for leading without authority.

  • "How does cross-functional cooperation influence organizational performance? The mediating role of management accounting systems" (2021) - Research from 186 large firms showing how management accounting systems mediate the effects of cross-functional cooperation on organizational performance.

    Specific Whitepaper

    "Span of Influence: Authority Isn't What It's Cracked Up to Be" (Lorman Education Services) - A whitepaper specifically addressing how leaders can work effectively when their span of accountability exceeds their formal authority.

    Books You May Want to Check Out

Influence Without Authority by Allan Cohen and David Bradford (3rd Edition, 2017)

This is the seminal work in this field. The authors, from Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business respectively, introduce the Exchange Model where you get what you need by offering something of value in return. The key lies in knowing what the other person values—their "currency"—and using that as your tool for cooperation.

Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration" by Keith Ferrazzi and Noel Weyrich (2020)

A more recent #1 New York Times bestseller that redefines collaboration with a radical new workplace operating system.