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The Fundraising Leadership Podcast is for professionals in the nonprofit world who want to advance their careers, develop essential management skills, grow their leadership capacity, and get results for their organizations.

24 OCT

Ep 149: Dealing with Uncertainty and Making Decisions

David and Margaret share their strategies for dealing with uncertainty and making decisions. How DO leaders make decisions, particularly when the stakes are high? The conversation originated from David’s process when he and his wife had to decide whether or not to evacuate as Hurricane Milton approached. As a resident of the West Coast of [...]
4 OCT

EP 148: Taking on Challenges

Taking on challenges: what goes into whether you say yes or no? David and Margaret discussed their experiences with taking on challenges. They talk about how to evaluate their feasibility and impact. Taking on Challenges: Jumping into Really Cold Water … and a Big Social Media Goal David shared his experiences with taking on a [...]
29 JUL

Ep 146: The Power of Choice: Yes, No, or Counteroffer

Here’s a sometimes shocking concept: when someone makes a request of you, you can say “yes,” “no,” or make a “counteroffer.” That is the power of choice. And people are sometimes quite surprised by this concept. David and Margaret dive into the importance of making and accepting requests in personal and professional relationships. They explore the [...]

22 min
18 JUL

Ep 145: Dealing with Exhaustion and Depletion

Michelle, Margaret, and David discussed their experiences dealing with exhaustion and depletion. It’s hard for them — and many others to balance personal responsibilities with professional leadership roles. And sometimes it feels even more challenging as one ages. David shared his recent experiences with moving, which felt exhausting and overwhelming. And both Michelle and Margaret [...]

29 min
14 JUN

Ep 144: Unleashing Your Inner Second Grader

Ever wondered what unleashing your inner second grader could teach you about leadership? And fundraising? It turns out quite a bit! When we become adults, we want to look good and avoid looking bad. We become complex. We move away from who we were as children. But children offer raw and unfiltered perspectives. They offer [...]

26 min
30 MAY

Ep 143: Completion or Decay

In this season of graduations, Margaret and Michelle "double-click" on the importance of intentional completion. They look at when a completion is intentional, as it is with a graduation. Such intentional completions offer ritual and celebration. They also have a positive impact on family members. And when we look beyond graduation, our culture kind of [...]

22 min
8 MAY

Ep 142: Handling Rejection and Embracing New Perspectives

In this episode, Margaret and David delve into handling rejection and embracing new perspectives. No one likes getting a no. Not during a fundraising ask. Not during a potential sale. And not from a request to a family member. Sometimes, after getting a run of no’s, we feel like we should be due for a [...]

21 min
23 APR

Ep 141: Discover the Secret to Silence the Inner Critic

It was an unexpected twist. A seemingly benign LinkedIn training sent Margaret and David into a spiral to silence the inner critic. Here’s what happened. Margaret and David attended what promised to be a mundane topic: a training on how to write better posts on LinkedIn. David left the training beating himself about all he [...]

18 min
5 APR

EP 140: Coaching for Accountability

Coaching for Accountability What happens when a coach holds a client’s feet to the fire? And the follow-up question might reasonably be, “Why would anyone sign up for that??” Actually, accountability — which can feel a lot like having someone hold our feet to the fire — is one of the many tools coaches use [...]

18 min
21 MAR

Ep 139: The Practice of Forgiveness

Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness Discussion Do you have a pain in your neck? Any chance it’s related to the practice of forgiveness? In this episode, David and Margaret share their insights on the practice of forgiveness. They focus particularly on self-forgiveness. Drawing from his experience managing self-criticism, David reveals how forgiveness has been a transformative practice [...]

27 min

10 Episodes

Creator

Fundraising Leadership
Years Active

2019 - 2024
Episodes

10
Rating

Explicit

Fundraising Leadership

Episodes

Ep 149: Dealing with Uncertainty and Making Decisions

EP 148: Taking on Challenges

Ep 146: The Power of Choice: Yes, No, or Counteroffer

Ep 145: Dealing with Exhaustion and Depletion

Ep 144: Unleashing Your Inner Second Grader

Ep 143: Completion or Decay

Ep 142: Handling Rejection and Embracing New Perspectives

Ep 141: Discover the Secret to Silence the Inner Critic

EP 140: Coaching for Accountability

Ep 139: The Practice of Forgiveness

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