Early in the beginning of the chapter’s life, she discusses an issue the group encountered with a former member developing a spinoff group without permission and evidently went off the rails with negative feedback. This shows a clear example of success not being examined well as this occurrence was incredibly unexpected as an external factor, despite all the efforts in making the chapter a positive group. In this case, it is “common for executives to attribute the success of their organizations to their own insights and …show more content…
One of the members identifies herself has transgender and expressed worry over being accepted, but quickly found out that wouldn’t be the case when she applied to join. Core (2016) wrote that, “they welcome members of the Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community, an expansion of Geek Girl Brunch International’s embrace of ‘identifying geek girls’” (para. 19). Elisabeth explains that part of leading a group is understanding that everyone has different needs and interests. “True diversity is highly complex as it includes different perspectives and different worldviews” (Prentice, 2013, p. 73). She recognizes that Geek Girl Brunch has a large potential of drawing a variety of individuals in that would be able to share their common interests, despite their