Organizational Design
Explore the fundamentals of organizational design and its role in building high-functioning teams. Learn how to assess, adapt and optimize team structures by leveraging best practices in people strategy. Become leaders with the tools to design, adjust and reimagine team dynamics to align with evolving institutional goals.
Covered in this workshop will be ways to engage in:
- Intentional Design to understand the impact of thoughtful organizational design on team performance, productivity and morale.
- Structural assessment to gain the tools to evaluate existing team structures and adapt them for optimal performance.
- Strategic reimagination to explore when and how to rethink team structures during key transitions.
For Managers/Supervisors - In-person & zoom options
Unable to attend on the scheduled dates - please see asynchronous video version along with the powerpoint slide deck!
Additional articles and videos:
| Organizational Design | |
| Tools & resources | Amy Kates & Jay Galbraith, Book:Designing Your Organization |
| Tools & resources | Frederic Laloux, Book: Reinventing Organizations (text and illustrated versions available) |
| Academic theory | Patrick Kenis, Jorg Raab,Article: Back to the Future:Using Organizational DesignTheory for Effective Organizational Networks |
| Teamwork fundamentals | Martine Haas & MarkMotensen, Article: The Secretsof Great Teamwork, Harvard Business Review |
| Creativity and Change | |
| Inspire action | Simon Sinek, Video: How greatleaders inspire action (TEDxPuget Sound) |