by Karen Kendrick | Apr 4, 2022 | Boundaries, Kindness, Personal Development | Conflict, Leadership, Personal Development
Kindness sounds like such a good trait. The non-profit sector is full of kind people who want to make a difference, alleviate suffering, and make our world a better place. That sounds like such a great group of humans! And we are! However, many people understand...
by Karen Kendrick | Feb 9, 2024 | Boundaries, Burnout, Emotional Triggers | Non-Profits, Overworked, Personal Development, Philanthropy, Self-care
“I’m doing the work of three people right now because of layoffs.” “My CEO expects to meet daily AND on camera!” “Working remotely, there’s no separation between work life and home life.” These are just a small sample of some of the comments we heard recently on a...
by Karen Kendrick | Jul 14, 2021 | Boundaries, Burnout, Emotional Triggers | Philanthropy, Self-care
“I’m doing the work of three people right now because of layoffs.” “My CEO still expects to meet daily AND on camera!” “There’s no separation between work life and home life.” “We’ve only been given two weeks to fully transition back to the office.” These are...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 7, 2016 | Boundaries, Evaluation, Management, structure | Discipline, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part One of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization We all want to keep good people working with us. But in our industry, it seems as if keeping MGOs in the same job for more than a couple of years is impossible. This is really a problem...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 26, 2016 | Boundaries, gratitude, structure, Work | Discipline, Fundraising, Overworked, Stress
On occasion we like to send out a survey to you, our blog readers, to get a pulse on what you are working on or what concerns you right now. In a recent survey, it amazed us how many responses we received that lamented about how you MGOs don’t have enough time to do...