by Kates Kesler | Apr 7, 2017 | Current Topics in Organization Design, Knowledge Base, Organization Design Overview, Publications
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...
by Kates Kesler | Jan 9, 2017 | Talent
Organization design is the number one topic on the mind of business and HR executives who responded to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital report. We are not surprised. Over the past 10 years, we have witnessed a tremendous increase in strategic complexity across the...
by Kates Kesler | Jul 6, 2016 | Current Topics in Organization Design, Decision Rights, Knowledge Base, Publications
Leaders of every company struggle with decision rights, defined as the allocation of power and authority across organizational boundaries. It doesn’t matter the starting point. Highly cooperative cultures report no problem having good discussions, but run into trouble...
by Kates Kesler | Nov 11, 2015 | Books, Knowledge Base, Publications, What is Organization Design
Bridging Organization Design and Performance is a handbook for leaders looking to enhance the success of their organizations and themselves. Companies that compete globally require organizational operating models as robust as their strategies. Many companies have...
by Kates Kesler | Oct 3, 2015 | Blog, Design Process, Knowledge Base, Organization Design Process, Publications
After weeks of assessment, analysis, and discussion, your design team has arrived at a comprehensive solution that will create an organization with the right structure, roles, governance, process, and metrics to deliver on the business strategy. As the sponsor or...
