ACKNOWLEDGING COMPETING INTERESTS & R E F R A M I N G C O L L A B O R AT I O N A S C O - C R E AT I O N KYLE MARTIN & BROOKE GOODMAN Fraternity and sorority professionals frequently find themselves wading through waters of conflict, politics, and ambiguity while attempting to work with a wide variety of stakeholders to develop strategies for effective collaboration. As a field, we face constant and increasing pressure to change, address systemic issues that are ingrained within the fabric of society, and identify solutions that will last as the landscape we exist in continues to evolve. Generally, the daily challenges we face as campus-based professionals, headquarters staff, volunteers, association representatives, umbrella organizations, senior-level administrators, companies, and vendors, can at times feel overwhelming and impossible to overcome. What if, however, the greatest challenge this industry faces is not that we haven’t found solutions to the problems, but rather, we can’t always agree on the problems, let alone how to address them?
In other words, what if we, as an industry, are our own worst problem?
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