Publications
We are committed to publishing our understanding of the governance and management of nonprofit organisations.
Although much of our work is confidential to our clients, we have put our books, our open presentations and some of our reports on policy issues onto this site.
Books
Managing Without Profit
Managing Without Profit, Mike Hudson, Directory of Social Change, 2002.
This ground breaking book is now in its second edition, has sold over 16,000 copies and been translated into two other languages. It demonstrates how to:
- Establish strong and suitably constituted boards
- Strengthen strategic management and performance
- Develop a mission and clarify objectives
- Manage and inspire people as individuals and teams
- Create a learning organisation
- Manage change.
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Managing at the Leading Edge (UK Edition)
Managing at the Leading Edge, Mike Hudson, Directory of Social Change, 2003.
This book reports on a wide-ranging investigation into the management and governance of leading-edge nonprofit organisations in the United States. The book demonstrates how to:
- build organisation capacity
- manage organisational performance
- create strategic alliances, both within and outside the nonprofit sector
- make the most of changing patterns of funding
- develop effective, mission-focused leadership
- strengthen governance and enhance your board‘s performance.
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Managing at the Leading Edge (US Edition)
Managing at the Leading Edge, Mike Hudson, Jossey Bass, 2005.
The US edition has an additional chapter 'Reflections of an Outsider' which considers future developments in the governance and management of nonprofit organisations.
Reports
Recent Reports
This section includes the following reports:
- Profile of the Ex-service Community in the U.K
- ACEVO Essential Guide to Strategic Planning
- Mapping of National Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Organisations
- Lessons from a Partnership of ‘Large-Help-Small’.
Presentations
This section contains Compass presentations from 1999 onwards on the following topics::
- Strategy & Performance
- Leadership
- Management
- Governance
- Policy.
Articles
This section includes articles on:
- Public Service Delivery by Nonprofit Organisations
- The Challenge of Managing Performance
- The Author of Managing at the Leading Edge
- Getting the Most from your Consultant
- The Art of Successful Management
- Investment in Top Management Training
- Peter Drucker’s Book - Managing the Nonprofit Organizations Book - Managing the Nonprofit Organization.