by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 8, 2019 | High performer, managers | Management, Non-Profits, Teamwork
Non-profit leaders make the same mistake over and over again. They hire their best major gift officers to manage the entire team. Practically, it would seem to make sense. If you take your best major gift fundraiser and make them a manager, they will know how to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 22, 2019 | Accountability, managers, structure | Caseloads, Focus, Management
Today’s post is directed to Development Directors or Directors of Major Gifts, but honestly, if you’re a major gift officer or leader of your organization, you can benefit from this too. Here’s a problem that Richard, our team and I get asked almost every week: “I’m...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 24, 2015 | Communication, Focus, Fundraising, managers | Major Gift Officers, Management, Moves Management, Teamwork, Uncategorized
Over the years Richard and I have been fairly critical (justifiably so) of nonprofit management, especially managers of major gift officers. It’s a tough job, and there are many MGOs out there who really desire to have a good manager that encourages them, lifts them...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 20, 2015 | Donor-Centered, managers, Success | Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
At Veritus Group, we love to help MGOs become all they can be. We love to help those who may be discouraged and help them make a breakthrough. We can’t help but feel proud when the MGOs we manage not only exceed their goals, but also have fun doing it. Most of all, we...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 5, 2015 | expectations, Goals, managers | Goal-setting, Management, Metrics, Uncategorized
In this series of seven posts, you have learned the indispensable categories of work that we at Veritus believe are required for any major gift program to be successful. (You can read all of these together in our free White Paper.) In my last entry, I talked about how...