Flattening your org chart?
A 20-year study of 5,500 finance firms shows that shedding a management layer leaves you with a workforce that’s more conscientious, agreeable, and open—because autonomy-averse staff exit. Pilot-led, C-suite-backed shifts keep top talent; big-bang rollouts leak it. Remember: structure shapes retention.
Change managers, OD people, and Agile Coaches all love our frameworks, tools and models. We like to “invent” things to help our clients make sense of their environments. What ever happened to facilitated conversations? Here’s some ideas for how you can untangle the hairball that is your clients organization.
If all you have is hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Cute, but false. A hammer is just a tool, it doesn’t tell you how to use it. Here are 4 tools and visualizations you can use to help you make sense of complex organizational changes.