These requirements usually include: 1  Minimum age, usually 18 years. 2  Education level, usually a high school diploma or equivalent. 3  Initial and ongoing training.
Founder's syndrome (also founderitis) is a popular term for a difficulty faced by organizations where one or more founders maintain disproportionate power and influence following the effective initial establishment of the project, leading to a wide range of problems for both the organization and those involved in it. The founder makes all decisions, big and small, without a formal process or input from others. 2  Decisions are made in crisis mode, with little forward planning. 3  Staff meetings are held generally to rally the troops, get status reports, and assign tasks.
An organization still run by its founder has to deal with transition issues not faced by other groups. The founder may be the personification of the organization and its artistic mission, and the board is usually reluctant to make the first move toward change. Founderâs syndrome has the following symptoms:1  A strong leader who builds an organization from scratch finds it difficult to delegate responsibility or develop staff that could potentially take over. 2  The founder alone knows where every penny of every grant went.t is easy to recognize founderâs syndrome when you see it. The problem is compounded when the board is complacent, too loyal, or unwilling to take charge of the organization. The board has to be able to recognize a problem and take strategic steps to find its way out of the situation.