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Episode 104 | 5 Ways to Ensure Your Staff Survives Fall Fundraising

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams··19 August 2026·17 min

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Nearly seven in ten nonprofit employees say they plan to look for a new job this year, according to the Social Impact Staff Retention Project's most recent survey, and turnover across our sector already sits at nineteen percent, compared to twelve percent almost everywhere else. Here's what most leaders miss. That search does not usually start in the spring. It starts after the hardest quarter of the year has already worn your team down. If you are heading into fall wondering how to keep your best people through your busiest season, today I want to walk you through the strategies that have kept my team steady, quarter after quarter, for fifteen years.