Organizational Design Consulting

Build the right structure for long-term growth.

Most org charts are a record of hiring history.

Almost nobody designs their organization. They grow it. A strong performer gets a direct report, then four. A function gets created because a good candidate came available. Two teams that should talk to each other report up different legs of the chart because of a decision made in a different era, by a person who left in 2023.

None of that is negligence, however it's what growth looks like from the inside. But it produces predictable symptoms: decisions needing four approvals, managers with wildly uneven team sizes, work that falls between teams, and a promotion path that default "become a manager" because nothing else exists.

Organizational design is the deliberate version. We start from what the business is trying to do, work out what the work actually is, and then build the structure: roles, levels, reporting lines, decision rights, etc. Global HR Advisors has done this for municipal government, global distribution systems, energy operations and professional-services firms, including full operations and IT reorganizations.

Describe the structure problem

Fifteen minutes. Tell us what's not working and we'll give you our advice on whether it's a structure problem,
a clarity problem or a people problem before anyone talks about scope

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