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Opinion / Partnerships and Building Relationships / Program Design, Development, and Quality / Staff Leadership and Management

The Flawed Leader… Follow Up 6 Months Later

Annemarie M. Grassi, Ph.D. No Comments

Social Power is defined as the degree of influence that an individual or organization has among their peers and within their society as a whole. 6 months ago, I shared in this blog my challenges with my own leadership and that of the organization I started and grew over the past 15 years. I poured out on the table the comments my staff made in relation to my leadership flaws, and the ways I needed to be better for my team. Since then I have openly spoken in three different states in front of lar...Read More

On-Site Staff / Staff Leadership and Management / Uncategorized

The Flawed Leader

Annemarie M. Grassi, Ph.D. No Comments

For the past 15 years, I have developed and grown an afterschool program model from its infancy serving 20 kids in a church to serving over 600 kids across three cities, demonstrating incredible success rates. By all means I have been deemed as a visionary, strong, competent leader.  Each year as we get larger and stronger, the pressure mounts as the praise continues, and the expectations build.  However, what most people on the outside looking in don’t see is with all the ambition, the drive fo...Read More