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My previous two articles included and introduction to Leader-Member Exchange theory, or LMX, as well as the challenge we face as leaders because of this theory. Once again I owe the topic for this article to David Burkus who, in a comment he posted to the last article, asked a great question: Do we always want to move people out of our in-group, or are there valid and preferable reasons to relegating someone to our out-group?
As I’ve thought about this question, I can certainly think of reasons why I’ve put folks in my out-group, but [...]

