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When established community leaders resist organizational change

Our community organization has been run by the same few people for years and they're burning out, but when newer members try to step up or suggest changes, there's this unspoken resistance and everyone gets defensive, so we're stuck between respecting the founders and actually evolving as an organization.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very dedication that built something valuable is now preventing it from adapting to new needs and new people.

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