We first wrote this blog in 2020, but it still resonates, even more so in 2024. We all seem to be struggling with increasing workloads, doing more with less and little in the way of troughs to balance out the peaks.
Confession time – are you a manager and also a bit of a Fixer? Do you like to run a tight ship and keep a close eye? Whether you manage projects, people or both, you love that warm, fuzzy feeling of having solved someone else’s problem, taking a burden off their shoulders, making it your problem and then fixing it…
This month we feature a guest blog by one of our masterclass attendees, Reiner Spruit. Reiner applies his thoughts on building teams, to fundraising, but honestly, his wisdom gained from attending our session could be applied to any discipline. Read on and consider how this applies to you and your team.
In October we’ll be heading to The Netherlands to speak at the International Fundraising Congress. One of our workshops is on how to become Fundraising’s most wanted – or any team’s most wanted for that matter.
Next month we’ll be heading north of the border to deliver an opening keynote at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Scottish Conference on Fresh Thoughts on Leadership.
Hello All. We first put this piece out in 2020 during the early part of pandemic. Three years on, we noticed a renewed interest in it, with lots of you clicking to read it on our website. It seems to chime with people in the light of the latest set of challenges the economic and political world is throwing at…
It has been said that competition makes us faster but collaboration makes us better. Collaboration means everyone can contribute: you get to use all the experience in your team, not just some of it.
A month of 4-day weeks due to national holidays (in the UK at least) is both a joy and a challenge. The joy of the extra day off and the challenge of getting 5 days’ work activity in to 4. After a particularly heavy week of meetings (for us and I suspect many others) it’s worth reflecting on our meeting…
As a manager, it can be tricky to get the balance right in your management style. You want to be supportive and helpful to your team but you also want to stretch them. Research has shown that high-performance teams share a common mind-set.