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 ...

Many companies operate on a clearly defined hierarchy, but a tiered structure can often lead to adverse side effects like hyper-competitiveness among teammates, demoralization of employees, and an ...

Following traditional ways of doing things has its benefits, but sometimes, breaking from convention is the only way to grow. For many of today's organizations and their employees, the rigidity of ...

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 ...

If you don't design an organizational structure, you'll end up with one anyway. Organizational structure happens at every company, either by conscious choice or unconscious evolution. Conscious choice ...

A flat organization has fewer managerial layers than a hierarchical company. The flat company may have as few as one or two levels of managers who supervise the rest of the employees. This creates ...

Picture the most successful companies in the world; they have one thing in common — an effective organizational structure. But what exactly does that entail and how can it make or break a business? If ...

There is one habit of attorneys that promotes precision in analytical thinking, but often interferes with the ability to clearly communicate with the audience. That habit is the tendency to divide ...