“We were thinking of closing the doors because we were so far in the hole,” says Bob Rogers. Challenging economic times threatened the very survival of a school that was dear to his heart.
As a concerned board member, what could he do?
Well, he stepped up to make an unheard-of personal leadership pledge — a gift that forever changed both his life and the future of the institution. Here’s what it meant, to him and to those around him.
Bob’s act created a whole new reality for the school.
Even in uncertain times, the largest contribution in your history, shaped for the maximum influence, will lift your cause to a level that has seemed impossible.
Just imagine what could happen if you put that bold idea into action right now.
People are longing for this kind of confident leadership.
[This interview with Bob Rogers, philanthropist and former Chairman of the Kauffman Foundation and Americorps, was recorded at the March 2010 Quest workshop.]