GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
The Conversation You Keep Putting Off.
We Help You Get It Right.
Candour supports boards and executive directors of small organizations through the moments that are not simple. Straight answers, given with care, from advisors who have actually been in those rooms.
THE MOMENT THINGS CHANGE
Most Small Organizations Run Well, Until Something Changes.
A new executive director. A board unsure of its role. A governance question put off too long. That is usually when the strain shows, and when steady, honest help matters most.
01
Board Work
Strategic planning a board can own, education days, onboarding, and steady help through transitions.
02
ED Work
The first 90 days, succession, and rebuilding team culture after a change.
03
External and Presence
Funders, government, and becoming known before a crisis, not during one.
04
Advisory
A trusted advisor on call for the difficult moments between the big projects, when you need real talk.
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WHY CANDOUR
Every Side
Of The Table
We have sat as management, as boards, and as funders. That perspective is not always around a board table.
Both Sides At Once
We find language that works for management and for the board, without anyone having to lose.
Honest And Kind
The straight answer, given with care, is the most respectful thing we can offer when the stakes are real.
WHO WE ARE
Candour is a deliberately small practice of senior advisors. Between us: decades as executives reporting to boards, as board chairs hiring and supporting executive directors, and on the funder side of the table. You will meet your advisor at the first conversation, and it will be someone who has sat where you sit. Being small on purpose, we take on a limited number of organizations at a time.
“Our board is made up of our own members, which makes people questions harder than they look. In one lunch hour our directors came away clear on which employment matters belong at the board table and which ones belong with me. It changed how our meetings run.”
Chief Executive Officer, professional association, Ontario