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How Kindness Is Killing Us

How Kindness Is Killing Us

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...
Five Ways to Make Space for Self-Care in the Non-Profit Sector

Five Ways to Make Space for Self-Care in the Non-Profit Sector

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...
Is There Space for Self-Care in Philanthropy?

Is There Space for Self-Care in Philanthropy?

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...

MGOs Stay When They Have Clear Boundaries and Structure

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...
You Can't Do It All

You Can't Do It All

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...
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