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Leadership training is crucial to developing and fostering teamwork and innovation. Several organizations based in the Tar Heel State are reaching out to tomorrow's leaders in effort to teach the skills necessary to break down obstacles and achieve our fullest potential.

Chris Ernst is a senior faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC and co-author of the newly published book, Boundary Spanning Leadership: Six Practices for Solving Problems, Driving Innovation, and Transforming Organizations. Learn more about his work at www.spanboundaries.com.

Christopher Gergen is the Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at the Hart Leadership Program at Duke University's Terry Sanford School of Public Policy (http://sanford.duke.edu/eli). He is also the Founding Executive Director, Bull City Forward (www.bullcityforward.org). He is also the author of Life Entrepreneurs (www.lifeenterpreneurs.com).