Does Your Job Position Really Matter?
I’ve seen it happen so many times. A very successful person, bored with the familiarity of their job and plagued by many conflicting desires, wants another place in the organization, maneuvers a move to that other place and is miserable after they get there. In major...
The Importance of Loving Your Job
“I hate my job!” How many people can and will say that today? Thousands. Likely millions. It’s true that not everyone will have the job they love or even like. But as a MGO, can you still be effective and not love your job? As Jeff and I have thought about this, we’ve...
Where Are You Going?
Lately, I’ve been doing a bunch of interviewing of major gift officer candidates for some of our clients. It’s been enlightening. I would say that these candidates fall into two camps. First, there are those who have no direction and are pursuing this particular...I Never Wanted to be a Fundraiser
As I move into my mid-50s, I look back and reflect on how amazing it’s been so far. More than half of those years I’ve been a fundraiser. I didn’t choose fundraising as a career. For those who are my age and older, that’s typically the case. I certainly didn’t have...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
