Every organization, no matter its size, has an abundance of moving pieces. Ensuring that all those pieces move in perfect synchrony starts by devising an organizational structure that represents the ...

Leaders can sense when their organization is not working well or if the environment they operate in has changed, rendering the operating strategy and structure obsolete. The current Covid-19 pandemic ...

Most business people are familiar with organizational charts that show who reports to whom in a company. Those people in the boxes at the top of the chart are those presumed to have the most power.

You cannot create institutional intelligence when knowledge lives in silos. You cannot compound learning when every insight ...

The structure of an organization can affect the efficiency of its operations and its ability to adapt to its environment when conditions change. Some organizational structures are good at ensuring ...

In my 20s, I wanted to overthrow hierarchies at work. When I would see bad leadership, I blamed the hierarchy—structures where certain people have more power or influence than others, forcing us into ...

A common question that gets brought up in our work with CEO peer groups is how organizations should be structured in order to achieve the best results. The issue CEOs struggle with is how to put ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you think about it, a company’s organizational structure is akin to a building without elevators. A tall structure has many floors.