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Five Questions Every Leader Should Ask About Organizational Design

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” An effective organization design model guides a manager in answering five fundamental questions in a thoughtful and well-integrated way.

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Build Your Bench Strength Without Breaking the Bank

Harvard Business Review

But it's critically important if yours is a fast-growing organization. For example, if you are planning to add new sites, you'll probably need to develop a cadre of site directors, and possibly a vice president for field operations. But it was growing fast. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and the Bridgespan Group.