The Pitfalls of a Covert Organization Redesign
Conducting a “covert” organization design is fraught with peril. Learn why an organization requires collaboration and communication among all stakeholders.
Stumbling Blocks to Organization Design
Minimizing Personal Agendas During Organization Design
Learn proven strategies to help individuals set aside personal agendas and keep everyone working together toward the common end goal of improving the organization as a whole.
Realigning after an Acquisition
While there are many advantages to acquiring other companies, without prompt, full realignment, organizations may experience operational disruptions and competitive missteps.
Building Internal Capability in Organization Transformation 2 Keys to Success
Often, organizations look to outside partners to assist with organization transformation. This is natural, as organization design and change demand specific skill sets that are not always readily available within an organization or easily hired. However, the opportunity also exists for organizations to build these capabilities internally. There are many … Read more
Has Your Business Model Spawned a Monopoly Mentality?
As an organization grows, internal support structures evolve to handle certain services that are needed throughout the company. It needs HR to manage hiring and employee relations. It needs IT to keep the company’s technology assets running efficiently. It needs an accounting department to handle day-to-day financial functions. Teams across … Read more
Has your Change Transformation Grown Roots in your Organization?
When we invest in an organization transformation, we want to see lasting results. However, nothing can be worse than a perfect design that seems to have a hard time gaining traction in your organization. So, how do you know if your change transformation is starting to take root in your … Read more
Cascading Strategy from the Boardroom to the Front Lines – Five Ways Leaders Help Change Direction
Effective strategy implementation is imperative for long-term success. Think of your company as a river. Executives stand at the mouth of the river, and there the water rushes with great strength and purpose, but as the river rolls cross-country the force and power dissipates – branches and tributaries form. Even … Read more
Aligning Resources for Things that Matter in Organization Design
Aligning Resources for the Things That Matter in Organizational Design Optimizing a business model isn’t easy. What’s more, your resources may be limited requiring you to be more thoughtful when aligning your organizational design to your business model. You want to be sure you’re making provisions for the things that … Read more
Using Organizational Alignment to Absorb Complexities
Competition has changed the corporate landscape and the way we must do business. Differentiation in the marketplace used to be much simpler: focus on making a great product or providing an improved or much-needed service. Those days are gone. Today, products themselves have become undeniably similar and struggle to deliver … Read more
Avoiding Common Obstacles to Change Transformation
There is not always a clear path to an organization design and implementation of a strategic plan. While leadership might decide that a change is in the best interest of the company, there are many obstacles that could stand in the way of a real change transformation. Our work with … Read more