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Founder Dynamics – Free
Event Series
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February 25 @ 12:00 – 13:00 EST
Some founders have a really hard time sharing power. Being a founder requires a certain skill set of being a passionate generalist who can get things done – a slightly different skill set than building a sustainable organization to carry the mission.
As these groups around a founder grow into organizations, there is a classic trap that evolves:
Founders feel very responsible because, of course!, they care about the organization, they often hold the intellectual property or expertise, as well as relationships. Others want to contribute to the mission but soon notice that all paths in the organization seem to lead back to the founder. For everyone else in the organization (self-starters or just people who want to do their work well), that can be a maddening experience.
They might even be aware of the disproportionate power they hold.
Those patterns are hard to break – frustrating everyone else and depriving the organization of broader input.
For founders, it can be dramatic – being a bottleneck is not healthy and can easily lead to burnout.
This free webinar will show how to get out of the trap – if people are ready.
- We will talk about people end up in the trap
- Understandable and well-intentioned actions that just tighten the trap.
- What works?
- Next steps you can take as a founder or member
This webinar is part of our Leading Together with Sociocracy webinar series for non-profits, small biz, activists, and communities. Check out the other two webinars:
Living Into Our Values – how sociocracy helps us walk the talk.
First Steps into Sociocracy – Ways to experiment, inspire & implement
Presenter
Ted Rau
Ted is an advocate, trainer and consultant for self-governance. His main focus is sociocracy. After his PhD in linguistics and work in Academia, he co-founded the membership organization Sociocracy For All in 2016 which has grown to 250 members with several international and topic-focused departments and action teams. Ted spends his days consulting with mission-driven organizations, teaching and deeply immersed in the work as a member within Sociocracy For All. Ted identifies as a transgender man; he has 5 children between 10 and 20. A German citizen, he has lived in Massachusetts since 2010. He is (co)-author of three books on self-governance, Many Voices One Song (2018), Who Decides Who Decides (2021), and Collective Power (2023) and working on a book on the interface between governance and wisdom.
Ted brings his designed scenarios to this class – based on years of experience of what is hard and what is helpful in meeting facilitation.
Event time
This webinar will meet on Tuesday, February 25 at 12 EST / 9 PT
Tickets
$0 – $10 This webinar is free, however you may choose to make a donation to help us carry our mission forward.
