Having a boundary spanning role and building legitimacy go hand in hand. It can feel like you are constantly trying to build legitimacy and when you join a new organisation – you have to start from scratch and you have to show who you are and share your values.

Other people can build your legitimacy by word of mouth testimonial / referral and this is really important, but you still have to live up to this expectation. Do this by trying to get to know people, make it personal and make it not all about you but showcase your experience.

Points that are discussed

Offer your help with no expectation
Quietly putting out fires in the background that other people don't know that is there.
See the light at the end of the tunnel
It's hard but so rewarding
Reflect on those little successes

You need to understand the context you work within – please take a listen to my episode 171 Understanding the context you work within by clicking here to explore this further

The most practical piece of advice I can offer is, be visible do what you say you are going to do and make the time to genuinely get to know people and be yourself.

Book mentioned in this episode

Systems Convening

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I'm Tara Humphrey and I'm the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I've worked with 11 Training Hubs and 120 Primary Care Networks.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I'm also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 200 blogs.

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