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Every so often I get a call that surprises me.There was an organization in town that had been running a multi-million dollar campaign and I had heard it was going extremely well. I even had other clients asking me about their work and how to emulate it.Soon, I got a call from that organization’s Executive Director telling me that while they had raised 95% of their campaign goal, they were totally stuck. The campaign had been running for 2 years and they still had almost $1M to raise before they could go public. The volunteers were on the struggle bus – burnt out, unmotivated and frustrated. The staff had dug deep… it felt like they had tried EVERYTHING and they couldn’t get past the lull.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again - visioning is not something that can be done solo. Every leader should have a vision, but unlocking those ideas and putting them into a format that can realign and re-engage stakeholders takes a partner or two.