The association founder was a phenomenal fund-raiser. He served as Executive Director for two years then handed off the organization to a new Exec when he returned to his previous job.

The new Exec was a good manager but a poor fund-raiser, so he quit. His successor was the same, and he quit, too. The founder returned as Interim Executive Director and rejuvenated the fund-raising process.

But he was a lousy manager. He was out of the office most of the time, did not follow up on tasks (other than his own fund-raising), and did not leave any directives to his staff.

If the founder was such a good fund-raiser, why didn't he just raise money and let a competent Executive Director manage the organization?

(Tomorrow, we'll talk about Founder's disease).