by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 10, 2023 | co-management, Consultants, Employee Management, The Veritus Way | Admin Support, Coaching, Fundraising, Management, The Veritus Way
Most organizations simply don’t have enough resources devoted to training and supporting managers, which means that fundraisers are often left to fend for themselves. Without consistent input, encouragement, and accountability, your fundraisers will struggle to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 27, 2023 | Employee Management, managers, Metrics, Non-Profit Leadership | Leadership, Management, Metrics, Performance
The non-profit industrial complex is broken. Yes, Richard and I could write another book just on that one sentence. There are many reasons why it’s broken, but I’m not going to write a book-long blog here, so I’ll concentrate on one aspect of its brokenness: the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 9, 2023 | Employee Management, Fundraisers, Turnover | Fundraising, Leadership, Management, Non-Profits
The departure rate of good people from non-profits is staggering. The latest statistics show that average tenure of a development person is 18 months, and that’s if everything is going well. But the scary thing is that more than half of the frontline fundraisers (51%)...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 18, 2022 | Employee Management, Employee Retention, Management, MGO Retention, Retention | Hiring, Hiring and Retaining Staff, Management, Retention
Did you know that on average, fundraisers are leaving their jobs every 15-18 months? The non-profit sector has a serious problem with employee retention, and it’s particularly an issue in relationship-based fundraising roles because it can take up to a year or more...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 10, 2022 | co-management, Employee Management, Leaders, Management, managers | Coaching, Leadership, Management, Mentoring
There’s a question we ask everyone we hire. It’s worth asking yourself as well: “Do you prefer to get results through others, or would you rather get results through your own efforts?” Many people think it’s a trick question. Like we are trying to figure out who is...