What Works: Organizational Design - Amy Kates

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Why is organizational design much more than org charts and who reports to whom?

How can HR guide, facilitate and drive effective an organizational design process?  

My guest on this episode is Amy Kates who is organizational design expert and author of five books on the subject.  

During our conversation Amy and I discuss: 

• Why the purpose of organizational design is to design human behavior at scale 

• Why matrix organizations are set up for good conflict and how best to manage it 

• The six business problems that leaders seek to solve through organizational design

• Why organizational design is not about org charts and who reports to whom 

• The role that HR leaders should play and not play in the organizational design process.

• Advice for HR leaders who are about to start an organizational design project

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Learn more about Amy’s work at Operating Model & Organization Design LinkedIn page