by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 17, 2015 | CEO, Leading, Taking responsibility | Development Directors, Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
Being a major gift fundraiser is one of the toughest careers you could choose. Being a successful one is even harder work. One barrier to being extraordinary in your job is a reluctant CEO or Executive Director. Of course, Richard and I have also seen amazing CEOs and...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 29, 2014 | Development, Leading, Managing, Philanthropy, Proactive | Leadership, Management, Non-Profits, Uncategorized
I’ve been in a ton of meetings recently with Executive Directors, CEOs and Development Directors, and they all seem to heave a collective sigh when talking about their major gift officers. That collective sigh is followed by something like this, “I just wish my MGOs...