“10 Mistakes I made during our uni group succession” by guneyulasturker🔸

10 Mistakes I made during our uni group succession TL;DR  I badly managed the leadership handover of a vegan uni group I founded. The mistakes I made made everything more stressful and lagged the transition. The mistakes were: Not prioritizing leader selection, sticking with unfit candidates, lacking clear communication, and being overly controlling. The lessons I learned here made the succession of the other EA uni group I've founded much easier. The lessons were: Use diverse recruitment channels, be very transparent, don't tie your self-worth to the success of the group, trust people and let them lead instead of you. Intro  University groups can (and sadly often do) die off, generally when the leader leaves the group without a qualified successor. I believe this is normal. Leadership transition is messy and complicated. Plus being 19-year-old volunteers with zero management experience certainly does not help. I've founded 2 [...] ---Outline:(00:11) TL;DR(00:50) Intro(01:47) Context(02:41) 1. The Mistake: Not prioritizing finding a good leader.(03:51) Thoughts on how to find a leader(04:52) Part A: Mistakes in finding the next leader(04:58) 2. Thinking that every good volunteer would make a good leader(06:08) 3. Not letting go of your leader candidate.(08:01) 4. Not sharing thoughts and expectations with people(10:02) Good Call: Leaving a team with the leader(11:14) 5. Not using many channels to find leader candidates(12:07) Good Call: Talking to People(12:47) Part B: Actually handing the group over.(13:07) 6. Still taking managerial responsibilities(14:18) 7. Not shutting up(15:30) 8. Being the “savior of the day”(16:42) Root causes of the mistakes(16:46) 9. Tying my self-worth to the group(17:58) 10. Not trusting people(19:14) ConclusionThe original text contained 1 image which was described by AI. --- First published: November 27th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nCS8JEqAKtjq84hnJ/10-mistakes-i-made-during-our-uni-group-succession-1 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.