Think of today’s most successful organizations. While they likely have multiple commonalities, one thing stands out: All of today’s most successful organizations are exceptionally well-aligned. What does it mean to be aligned as an organization? To create alignment, everything at your organization—your strategy, team, product, capabilities, processes, and so on—should be aligned in support of the organization’s core purpose and…
The end of December is always a great opportunity to look back on the year to remember what happened, what we learned and take away a few things we’ll remember in the years ahead. The news organizations love putting together snippets of the year’s best, worst, strangest, saddest and every other “-est” story imaginable. We thought we’d jump on the…
Oh, to Be Young Again Company structures are changing, at least for many. And for good reason. Companies simply no longer operate as they once did. Part of the excitement and energy around a startup is that everyone is on board with cross team collaboration, wearing multiple hats, and having a “can-do” mentality. Only time and growth are the villains,…
We don’t typically talk about ourselves much in our blogs, but we think it’s pretty cool that we have been ranked in the top 10 of GetApp’s leading workforce management apps. What’s most interesting to us is that if you focus solely on employee directory software, our sweet spot, we would be ranked #1. That’s right, no other company…
A recent blog post about organizational design peaked my attention. It said, “…organizational design must be the foundation from which a brand is built.” Pay special attention to the word “brand” as opposed to “organization.” A brand is much more valuable than the organization itself, as it communicates to the world who that company really is. As this blog…
