by Richard Perry | Feb 23, 2024 | Donor-Centered, Job Description, Job Descriptions, Management, Non-profit leaders, Non-Profit Leadership, Non-profit Management | Executive Directors, Fundraising, Hiring and Retaining Staff, Leadership, Management
If the main purpose of a non-profit is to address a societal problem, then it follows that securing the resources to address that problem is the other major objective. I talked about this in a blog I wrote earlier this year. But why does securing the resources...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 27, 2022 | Employee Retention, Job Descriptions, Non-profit leaders, Non-Profit Leadership | Hiring, Hiring and Retaining Staff, Leadership, Management
At this point, I’m not sure what will get non-profit leaders and managers to wake up. Right now, frontline fundraisers (but really all workers) have the advantage. What do I mean? In today’s business and non-profit climate, the rank-and-file workforce has the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 17, 2022 | Attitude, Compassion, Non-profit leaders | Fundraising, Leadership, Management
ar-ro-gant, adjective Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one’s superiority toward others. Source: The Free Dictionary You’ve met them. They’re everywhere – buried inside...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jul 24, 2024 | Managing, Non-profit leaders, Non-Profit Leadership | Leadership, Management, Metrics
We’ve written quite a bit about how leaders and managers should manage the frontline fundraisers on their team to their greatest potential, as well as the challenges leaders commonly have when managing those fundraisers on their team. And we’ve also talked a lot about...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 28, 2020 | Non-profit leaders, truth bombs | Leadership, Management
First in a six-part series: Truth Bombs About Major Gifts This week, Richard and I officially launch our new book, It’s Not JUST About the Donor: The Ultimate Management Guide to Major Gift Success. We start the book, like we do with all of our materials, by telling...