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Scenario

When nonprofit boards and the communities they serve operate from different realities

Our nonprofit board keeps making decisions that the community we serve disagrees with, and those of us who are actually from this community feel like we're translating between two different worlds that don't trust each other. The board thinks the community doesn't understand strategy and the community thinks the board doesn't understand their lived reality.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A fundamental disconnect exists between those who hold institutional power and those who hold lived experience, with each group believing the other lacks crucial understanding.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Fairness — what every civilization concluded?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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