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 ...

Business organizational structures have evolved with the adoption of Internet technologies and the increase in collaborative teamwork. In place of hierarchical vertical structures many organizations ...

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.

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 ...

The interconnected world means organizations rely less and less on traditional pyramid structures, but more on collaboration. This ideal represents the nature of leadership in a flat organization. An ...

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 ...

As we head towards a future that demands more transparency and autonomy for workers, the term holacracy (an organization structure that eschews traditional hierarchy in favor of a bossless or “flat” ...

A positive, aligned organizational culture is easy to recognize: Productivity soars, employees are satisfied and empowered, processes are clear and effective — in short, everything seems just to hum ...