Leadership Means Listening
Fifth in a Five-Part Series: It’s Not Rocket Science “Listening takes sacrifice.” — Paul Tripp Leadership is about listening. As a major gift fundraiser, everything you need to help you be successful requires that you listen. Admittedly, I’ve not been the best...
Leadership is About Executing
First in a five-part series: It’s NOT Rocket Science In launching this series in my last post, I urged you to embrace the fact that as a major gift fundraiser, YOU are a leader. This is extremely important as I highlight each area of the five that Tom Peters says are...
You are a Leader – Now Go Lead!
Introduction to a five-part series: It’s Not Rocket Science You are a leader. You may or may not currently be in a leadership position in your organization, but in the work you do, you are indeed a leader. At least that’s the way you need to see yourself if you’re...
You Can Only Control Yourself
Typically, a lot of anxiety starts to build up in you this time of year. If your major gift portfolio is like those of most of your colleagues, anywhere from 60-80% of your revenue comes in during the last three months of the year. That brings on a lot of pressure to...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
