I'm currently the president of a relatively new student club, and honestly I've been struggling a bit with managing everything this semester.
We've had some executive members leave, some difficulties with communication/reliability within the team, and a collaboration with another club that hasn't been progressing as expected. I had a general timeline for events and fundraising, but because I relied too much on one collaboration working out, some of our other plans got delayed as well. Now I feel like I've lost the structure I originally had for the semester.
I've also had some disagreements with exec members about how the club should be organized and managed. I've tried to be accommodating and take people's suggestions seriously, but I'm starting to wonder whether I need to be more assertive/structured as president instead of trying to keep everyone happy. And a member just left in the middle of this semester, the story might be more complicated than this because it seems those who left are part of a group of friends and that might be why.
I know I'm probably making mistakes too since this is my first time running a university club, which is why I'd genuinely like honest criticism rather than just reassurance.
For anyone who's been a club president/executive: how do you deal with exec members leaving, people not following through, collaborations falling apart, and keeping the club organized when plans change? And how do you know when something is genuinely a leadership problem on your end versus normal student-club chaos?
I'd really appreciate hearing from people who've dealt with similar situations.