Cross-Functional Is Not Self-Executing: Shared Ownership Fails Without Real Coordination (The Workplace Clarity Series)

By: Artemis Ellis

Cross-functional work does not run itself.

Shared ownership sounds efficient. In practice, it often creates unclear responsibility, delayed decisions, missed handoffs, and work that stalls between teams.

Cross-Functional Is Not Self-Executing is a practical guide for leaders, managers, operators, and project leads who are responsible for work that crosses team boundaries. It explains why collaboration alone is not enough-and why shared ownership fails without real coordination.

Inside, Artemis Ellis introduces the LINK Framework:

List dependencies
Identify decision owners
Name handoffs
Keep cadence visible

This book will help you make invisible dependencies visible, clarify who owns decisions, prevent handoff breakdowns, create useful escalation paths, and build coordination systems that keep shared work moving.

If your teams are aligned in meetings but execution still drifts, this book gives you a clearer way to design the system behind the work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2432GHM
• ISBN13: 9798197282125
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"