Small businesses often grow large enough that the owner needs to appoint or hire staff members to oversee other employees. For many decades, the easiest way to organize a small business was to follow ...

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 ...

Suppose you want to create a chart that reports the relationships within your company or organization. In that case, you can use the SmartArt graphic feature in Microsoft Excel to build an ...

I recently posted the piece below over at Harvard Business Review, where it’s generating some interesting feedback. It’s an important new outgrowth of my work and research, and I think it is going to ...

Organizational charts are detailed representations of organization structures and hierarchies. They are typically used to provide both employees and individuals outside the organization with a ...

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the quest for sustainable growth is more critical than ever. As someone who has firsthand experience scaling a company sustainably, I have witnessed the ...

Some people say flat structures cause chaos in organizations. And while that can certainly be true, my experience has been different. After years of working for horizontal and vertical hierarchies, I ...

As a business owner, the way you choose to structure and run your company is a major decision that can reap rewards if your choice matches the culture you want to create. Organizational structure can ...