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Right this moment, your head is down, running full speed, until you reach the end of this holiday season. Your hand is cramped from writing so many notes, your heart is beating fast, and you don’t...
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I used to hate the word “no.” Everywhere I turned people were telling me no, and at the time it felt like failure.
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I was talking with a business colleague and asked him if he knew Ralph [not his real name]. “You know,” I said. “That guy who used to work at [name of organization].”
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This is Part 3 of a series on building trust: “No Trust, No Relationship, No Money.” So far, on this journey of earning donor trust, we have talked about how trust starts with you, then moves to your...
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Veritus Group: September 28, 2022
This is Part 1 of a series on building trust: “No Trust, No Relationship, No Money.” Trust is the core building block of all relationships. Yet many donors do not trust the organizations they give to...
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We all have a desire to connect with others. Yet, we’re afraid to. As small children, we felt free to be our true selves. Then, something happened. Bullying, shaming, abandonment, or tragedy happens,...
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Our culture celebrates self-reliance. We have this admiration for the “self-made…fill in the blank.” The problem is that while we have bought into it, it’s a myth. No one I’ve ever met is a self-made...
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I don’t know how we think we can avoid it. Our organizations are made up of people with different personalities, expectations, cultural experiences, and communication styles working together 8 hours...
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You’ve seen the manager who cannot and will not change. That person who is stuck in a way of doing things – so stuck that reality is passing them by. You know what that looks like. And you don’t want...
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Here’s a question that keeps repeating in my head: Is the “Great Resignation” going to shake us up and wake us up?
