MGOs Will Leave Incompetent Managers
Fifth in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization I use the word “incompetent” in the title to show how an MGO really feels when he or she is working for someone who just cannot do the job they are in. Jeff and I have heard even stronger...
MGOs Will Leave with Too Many Changing Expectations
Fourth in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization A colleague recently told me about a MGO who been hired to do some amazing major gift work at a large food bank in a big city. The problem was that this MGO’s manager kept changing the MGO’s job...
MGOs Will Leave If You Give Them Unrealistic Goals
Third in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization When speaking of fundraising goals, we’ve heard it all: “Look, just add 15% to what you got last year, and we’re good to go!” “It doesn’t matter that you got that one-time gift of $100,000; we need...
MGOs Leave If They Have Nothing to Offer Donors
Second in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization Imagine hiring a salesperson and then having no product for him to sell. You wouldn’t do it. But it is done all the time in major gifts. It is one of the most common complaints we hear from MGOs,...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
