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Scenario

When teams struggle with lived experience versus professional expertise

Our team at the nonprofit includes several people who've lived through the issues we address, and others who haven't, and there's this unspoken hierarchy where lived experience sometimes trumps professional expertise and other times gets dismissed entirely. We keep dancing around who has the right to speak about what and it's making our work less effective.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group is navigating the complex dynamics of whose knowledge counts and how different types of authority interact in mission-driven work.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Survivor identity?”

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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