Does your org structure support your strategy?



Your present organization is PERFECTLY designed to give you the results you are getting today. Read that again.

If you want to change your results, you need to make changes in the design of your organization. There's no other way.

Think about these questions:

1.    Was your organization structure updated when the strategy was updated?

2.    Did you organization structure just happen, or was it purposely designed?

3.    Do reporting relationships make sense? For example, do you have long-term focused areas, like strategic planning and R&D, reporting to short-term focused functions, like admin and operations?

4.    Do you have the right people, with the right skills in the right jobs?

In order to get different results you are going to have to change your organizational structure. It could be moving departments so they are more aligned to deliver the strategy; it could be combining teams to work more efficiently together; or creating new business units focused on customer needs.

Also consider temporary structural changes, like implementation teams, to help you execute your strategic plan.

Remember the saying in architecture: “form follows function.” The design of your organization should support the strategic direction of the organization.

If you change your strategy, update your structure!

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