Today, I am posting the second challenge facing new leaders from our publication, "Eight Challenges Facing New Leaders." This challenge, facing mandates from above is about state, federal and local mandates that create headaches for community leadership.
Challenge No. 2: Mandates from Above
Unfunded mandates from state or federal governments further complicate the fiscal challenges that community leaders face, as they are compelled to institute or continue programs for which no additional financing is forthcoming. Yet, refusing to accept such mandates may endanger support for other programs. The community may not object to the program rationale for a particular mandate, but without the accompanying financial support the result is another complication in the tasks that community leaders must complete. To get their message back up the chain of bureaucratic control, community leaders must join with others in similar circumstances to increase the impact of the local perspective.
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