Organizational Design Overview
Balance Alignment with Agility to Achieve Culture
Calls for organizational alignment have headlined strategy publications for the last 20 years. A McKinsey 2014 paper, “The Aligned Organization,” summed up the claim that achieving real alignment gave an organization a strategic advantage. “It has a clearer sense of...
read moreAvoiding Fads and Fashions in Org Design: Talent Management Video Interview with Amy Kates
Talent Management magazine recently interviewed Amy Kates. Please take a moment to check out a five minute video on why trends and styles have no place in organization design. Click here to...
read moreOrganizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs
Learning from Big Companies We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational...
read moreWhat is Organization Design? (A Five Minute Animated Overview)
A five minute animated overview of the two core models in organization design: Galbraith's Star Model and Kates Kesler's Five Milestone Design Process. A perfect introduction to answer the question, "what is organization...
read moreDesigning Strategic Organizations: The New Work of Executives and HR
(Kesler and Kates, People & Strategy, 2010)
One of the most difficult challenges for new general managers, who have been promoted after leading functional teams in marketing, sales or operations, is to make their leadership impact scalable across a multi-dimensional organization. Greg Kesler and Amy Kates...
read moreA Forgotten Source of Competitive Advantage: Organization Design
(Kesler and Kates, Portfolio, 2010)
Greg Kesler and Amy Kates Portfolio.com, December 2010 General managers of major operating units at Nike, P&G, Cisco, Tyco, Whirlpool and others are using organization design to create competitive advantage. These companies are also known for their outsized talent...
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