Episode 201: The Difference between Transactional and Transformational Relationships in Serving Communities
About the Podcast
Today, Clancy speaks with Noreen Springstead, President and CEO of Partnership for a Healthier America, a premier national nonprofit founded in 2010 to ensure good food for all Americans, no matter their zip code. In this episode, you will hear their discussion about the difference between transformational and transactional relationships, what heart work means, and the issue of the scarcity mindset.
About Noreen Springstead
Noreen Springstead is the President and CEO of Partnership for a Healthier America. She has more than thirty years of experience in the hunger space and is focused on ensuring good food for all Americans by advancing PHA's goal of adding 100 million additional servings of vegetables, fruits, and beans to the marketplace around the country by 2025.
Discussion Takeaways
- Food is a journey. We become the eaters that we essentially start with. You can build a healthy eating habit by introducing fruits and vegetables to infants and toddlers.
- Trust is earned in working with communities for food programs. It means showing up, conversing, and listening to what the community needs.
- There is a difference between transactional and transformational partnerships. A transformational relationship is when you show up for people in the community. A transactional relationship is when you just solve the problem of people without hearing their stories and building trust with them over time.
- Food dignity is grounded in the human right to food. It is when food is available, affordable, affirming to your culture, and accessible for families.
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Trust is built through consistent actions and showing up over time. Transformational relationships honor dignity, while transactional ones simply solve problems without lasting impact.
Each week on the Food Dignity® Podcast, the Food Dignity® Movement's Clancy Harrison hosts a wide variety of hunger experts and other people making changes on the frontlines. Join us as we dive deep into conversations that will change the way you think about food insecurity.
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