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Scenario

When nonprofit boards struggle between organizational responsibilities and community obligations

Our nonprofit board keeps talking about our responsibility to serve the community while also protecting our staff, but when push comes to shove we always choose what's easier for us over what people actually need. I keep thinking about how we use 'sustainability' to justify saying no to harder asks while expecting the community to just understand.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group is discovering that their stated values about responsibility don't align with their actual decision-making when competing obligations create tension.

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 Responsibilities — the other side of rights?”

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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