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How volunteer groups balance relationship time with task efficiency

Our volunteer organization is struggling because longtime members expect decisions to emerge through extended community discussion while newer members want efficient meetings with clear action items, and we can't move forward on anything important.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different beliefs about how good decisions get made are creating organizational paralysis.

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