Why do capable nonprofit leaders, committed boards, and well-run organizations still struggle?
In On Course, Cam Cruickshank introduces the Compass Governance Framework, a practical new approach to nonprofit governance, board leadership, and organizational effectiveness.
Most governance advice begins inside the boardroom, with meetings, committees, policies, recruitment, and best-practice checklists. Those tools matter, but they do not always explain why the same leadership, financial, strategic, and governance problems keep returning.
The Compass Governance Framework begins with a different idea: the environment shapes what the organization needs.
Using the familiar metaphor of a journey, On Course helps nonprofit board members and executives see the organization as a connected whole. Every organization has a purpose, a destination, a strategic map, an organizational vehicle, executive leadership, a governance system, a crew, and a dashboard. Strong governance depends on understanding how those elements work together and whether they fit the conditions in which the organization must fulfill its mission.
The book also challenges a common assumption in nonprofit leadership: that bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated organizations are necessarily better. A small, relationship-driven nonprofit may be every bit as effective as a large institution when its structure, leadership, systems, and governance are suited to its work.
The objective is not growth for its own sake. The objective is congruence.
Written for nonprofit board members, chief executives, foundation trustees, higher education trustees, governance professionals, and others entrusted with mission-driven organizations, On Course offers a clear framework for:
Every organization is on a journey. Good governance helps it stay on course.
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