I found new volunteers left soon after they failed their own expectations of what they thought they would achieve. I warned them about this and asked them to start off with very small tasks and see how they go.
This is apart from being put off by those difficult volunteers who do most of the work but want to run every aspect.
And although you can't 'sack' a volunteer, you can 'succession management' them.
Huh, I had not considered that failing their own expectations of what they can volunteer might be a factor in leaving. I'm going to have to think on that for a bit.
We definitely caution against taking on too much at first, or we give them clear deescalation paths should they struggle.
Hey, hey don't call me out like that. I'm the problem, its me. I absolutely have a tendency to do most of the work but want to run/control things tightly. Always pushing back on myself to try and chill out.
What do you think the main reasons volunteers quit are?
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I found new volunteers left soon after they failed their own expectations of what they thought they would achieve. I warned them about this and asked them to start off with very small tasks and see how they go.
This is apart from being put off by those difficult volunteers who do most of the work but want to run every aspect.
And although you can't 'sack' a volunteer, you can 'succession management' them.
Huh, I had not considered that failing their own expectations of what they can volunteer might be a factor in leaving. I'm going to have to think on that for a bit.
We definitely caution against taking on too much at first, or we give them clear deescalation paths should they struggle.
Hey, hey don't call me out like that. I'm the problem, its me. I absolutely have a tendency to do most of the work but want to run/control things tightly. Always pushing back on myself to try and chill out.
What do you think the main reasons volunteers quit are?