by Ian Renner | Jun 2, 2022 | Blog, Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base
Why do companies with strong Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) results tend to perform better financially? Lower operational costs and stronger employee and customer engagement are a few visible reasons. However, our interviews with over twenty business...
by Molly Maymar | May 26, 2022 | Blog, Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base
A technology company CEO approached our team to redesign her organization, a mix of legacy and newly acquired teams. The leader wanted to build an efficient, adaptable organization that could benefit from the legacy company’s scale. However, she wanted to be careful...
by Sara Watson and Heather Oxley | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog, Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base
When there are vacancies on an executive team it can be tempting to slip into a holding pattern on enterprise decisions until those roles are filled. Some leaders subscribe to the “let me get the right passengers on the bus, and then we’ll all figure out where the bus...
by Sara Watson | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base
“Very nice. You have very good client relationship skills, Sara. I liked watching you in action. It was a difficult situation.” I received this note from a senior partner following a recovery meeting with a potential client. It probably took 20 seconds to write, and...
by Keri Macaluso and Amy Kates | Feb 19, 2022 | Blog, Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base
Today’s organizations need to move faster than ever before. Covid-19 exposed which companies in an industry could change direction quickly and respond to new consumer, employee, regulatory, and supply demands, turning adversity into opportunity. “Agility” is the...
by David Neff | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base
As human beings we are hardwired to act. Harvard professor Daniel Gilbert argues that humans are “exquisitely adapted to respond to immediate problems, such as terrorism, but not so good at more probable, but distant dangers, such as global warming.”1 As a...
