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How volunteer leaders can transition without burning out

Our volunteer organization has been running on the same three people doing most of the work for years and we're all burned out but feel guilty about stepping back because the work matters so much to our community. We keep saying we need more people but we also struggle to delegate because we have specific ways of doing things that we've never really articulated to others.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A small group is trapped between their sense of responsibility and their human limitations, unable to trust that the work can continue without them.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Legacy and love — when they align?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.