New Org Chart for a New Year
New Org Chart for a New Year Stop staring at the spreadsheet or tables in your HRIS system trying to visualise your organisation and use software specifically designed for the task. As you ring in the New Year, why not resolve to greet it with the sort of workplace visualisation [...]
Using OrgChart Templates
Using OrgChart Templates Managing organisational charts company-wide can be challenging. Implementing and customising the templates built into OrgChart can help. OrgChart has 15+ templates to choose from which can easily be customised with company logos and color schemes to keep them consistent across the entire organisation. Our templates also [...]
Managing Dotted Line Relationships
Managing Dotted Line Relationships Often companies are traditionally structured into functional silos (i.e, manufacturing, finance, sales, etc.) and the hierarchy is well-defined. Each silo manages its own area of responsibility and work is passed in a linear fashion from one silo to another, much like an auto assembly line [...]
Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter
Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter The topics of diversity and equity are at center stage of the corporate world right now. The conversation has been simmering for decades but came to a noticeable boiling point in recent years with the “Black Lives Matter” movement in the U.S., mirrored in [...]
Collaborative Planning Module
OrgChart Now's Collaborative Planning Module Modern org charts can provide a clear visual representation of a company's present state as well as a planned future state. For successful workforce planning, multiple stakeholders must collaborate to ensure the optimal outcome for an organisation. Crucial to this process of [...]
OrgCharts for Strategic Planning
Org Charts as a strategic tool Some companies are still maintaining their org charts in simple drawing software such as PowerPoint and Visio. As the charts become bigger and more complex, just formatting these charts becomes more tedious and prone to error. Typically the information on an org chart [...]
Project Allocation Org Charts
Project Allocation Org Charts Automated charts for project-based organizational structures Unlocking the value of our software for our clients is the result of a close collaboration with our international support teams. A study by Pendo, a company with notable customers such as Salesforce, Coupa, Gainsight, BMC, and Sprinklr, found in [...]
Retirement and Succession…
Retirement and Succession Planning Succession planning is the process of identifying younger talent to fill vacant positions. Progressive businesses, both big and small, can’t afford to wait until the moment senior members of their staff announce their retirements to start planning replacements. . The benefits of having a formal succession [...]
Span of Control is Important
Why Span of Control is Important What is span of control? Simply put, span of control refers to the number of employees under a manager’s direct control (i.e. a manager with five direct reports has a span of control of five). When examining organisational structure, span of control is [...]
Blindsided by Talent Gaps
At a time when businesses are reevaluating the composition of their workplaces we’re revisiting this client story which first appeared in the March 2016 edition of IHRIM’s Workplace Solutions Review. By Joe Kollinger A unique visualisation of the workforce gave one of our clients advance warning of talent gaps [...]
