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Sharing Power

We launched this series of posts in September 2019 to share our journey of moving from a traditional hierarchical nonprofit to a worker self-directed nonprofit. Over the years, we have shared important milestones and our experiences. We continue to learn by doing, and envision this series to be a companion to the formal policies we share in our work with organizations. We hope that by opening up this transition it might help others take the first steps towards sharing power in their workplaces.
By Susan Grove
05.20.24
There is more than one way to skin a cat. The violence simply isn’t necessary. There is in fact more than one way to pet a cat.
By Susan Grove
12.20.23
We can be under so much pressure to always produce, produce, produce. I get that. Yet there are power dynamics in our midst that may be holding back our shared efforts.
By Clay Moodey, member of the Community Fund Design Group
12.18.23
At its core, this project is about shifting power. As the first stage of the design process wraps, I’d like to share some reflections about my experience and perspective about power through the design process.
By Aja, Micah, and Susan
07.17.23
Busy cultivating new and deepening existing relationships with organizations and individuals that have a desire to bring a culture of shared leadership into their own workplaces.
By Susan Grove
01.20.23
“If you’re someone who tends to not speak a lot, please move up into a role of speaking more. If you tend to speak a lot, please move up into a role of listening more.” - The AORTA Cooperative
by Hélène Lesterlin, with Susan Grove
03.31.21
We’re not human resources. In fact, we don’t even want to imagine ourselves as “resources” at [...]
by Caitlin Dourmashkin, with Aja Schmeltz & Susan Grove
03.18.21
One of the most important aspects of our transition to a Worker Self-Directed Nonprofit has been [...]
By Micah, with Susan Grove
03.10.21
Working as a part of a shared leadership team has impacted my life in more ways [...]
by Susan Grove
02.23.21
Shared leadership. Sharing power. Someone recently asked me what checks and balances the WSDNP model has [...]
by Terri Hall, with Caitlin Dourmashkin
02.17.21
Shortly after GWI began transitioning into becoming a worker self-directed nonprofit mid-2019, one of [...]
by Hélène Lesterlin, with Susan Grove
02.09.21
I needed that. It released something. We were in an all-hands meeting, and the relatively [...]
by Terri Hall
02.03.21
2021 is underway. Like you, we continue to forge our way forward through this pandemic landscape[...]

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