Organizational design consulting
Optimizing your organization’s structure by putting your people first
Organizational design consulting lays the foundation for driving growth and scale, improving service quality, elevating the customer experience, and competing to win. We see it as the means to the end of delivering business success. With a human-centered approach to organizational design that centers on people’s needs and behaviors, Eagle Hill ensures that the result works in practice, not just on paper. We go beyond rearranging the boxes and lines on the organization structure chart, so you are set up to deliver on your business strategy.
Designing organizations to thrive
The pandemic has accelerated many of the traditional drivers of organizational design. With so many changes happening fast, it’s an ideal time for leaders to take a hard look at their organizational structure—the whole enterprise or specific departments or teams—to ensure that they are positioned to meet shifting demands.
This is not simply redrawing the boxes and lines on the organization structure chart. Done right, organizational design consulting helps account for all of the elements that contribute to how work gets done every day—people, strategy, structure, governance, services, processes, and enablers like culture and technology.
Our innovative org design approach
Our innovative approach which can be seen throughout our business strategy consulting services factors in how people work today—and how work should get done tomorrow. We put people first throughout the process, immersing ourselves in the organization to collect insights, generate ideas, and test concepts. By taking a human-centered lens to organization design, we bring your organization structure to life though a tailored approach that builds a shared understanding of individuals’ roles and responsibilities.
Our solution is:
Highly-collaborative
True partnership makes for a tailored approach to align with every organization’s needs
Human-centered
Laser focus on the people, actions, and behaviors that make an organization work
Results-oriented
Real-world design for smooth implementation, transition, and meaningful outcomes
Why do we put people at the center of change?
We believe that successful organizational design has to be grounded in the whole ecosystem of people—those who do the work, and those who are impacted by the work. Our approach to organizational design consulting integrates change management expertise to ensure that transitions are seamless and align with your business objectives.
Customers
How can organizational design improve the customer experience?
Investors / Donors
How can design improve the ways investors, shareholders, donors, and/or volunteers engage?
Employees
How can design motivate the right behaviors to achieve key outcomes?
Partners
How can design maximize relationships with external partners?
Want to learn more about setting up your organization to meet its goals—today and tomorrow?
Organizational design case studies
Unconventional consulting leads to unbelievable results
Here are a few examples of how we provide impact for our clients. From boosting employee retention to planning market entry, our years of creative and strategic experience have helped clients across industries reach their potential. Our organizational design consultants have proven success in aligning organizational structures with strategic business objectives to achieve long-term results.
Financial services: Narrative
Fueling strategic growth through organizational design
When a large valuation firm wanted to drive growth across all its global service lines while still reflecting its regional business cultures, we helped transform organizational design to support a new strategic vision for its operating model.
Federal government: Narrative
Reassessing organizational structure to best serve customers and employees
In just 7 weeks, we helped an HR office solve for their existing staff continuity gaps—and plan for additional process improvements in the future.
Federal government: Narrative
Delivering a customer-focused organizational design
When a federal management services division needed clarity on their new mission and identity, we helped set goals, streamline processes, and design new structural models for service delivery and growth.
Technology, media and entertainment: Narrative
Navigating the shift to digital through organizational realignment
When organizational responsibilities shifted between agencies, we provided our change management expertise to smooth the transition and plan for a successful merging of resources.
Technology, media and entertainment: Narrative
Managing technology + organizational change
The transition from analog to digital broadcast production was a major shift for one media organization. We helped them make a successful transition that got morale—and costs—back on track.
Federal government: Narrative
Working together to drive sustainable change at the forefront of federal purchasing
We partnered with the GSA FAS to help them transition to a category management approach to federal procurement as a way to improve customer service—leading to the fastest and most thorough reorganization in their history.
Related capabilities
The realities of business are constantly changing. Our capabilities can help you meet today’s challenges while laying the foundation for a sustainable and flexible future.
Strategic planning
Bridging where you are and where you want to go
We pair our knowledge of market dynamics with our deep understanding of your business and culture to define your future vision and the strategies that get you there.
Workforce planning
The future of work is changing fast. Is your organization ready?
Eagle Hill helps our clients align their workforce with the needs and priorities of their business. Through workforce planning, they get the right people in the right roles at the right time to power future success.
Performance improvement
Advancing your organizational performance
Our performance improvement consulting experts bring proven tools, skills and experience to move organizations toward success, build capacity, and sustain performance.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about organizational design consulting
What is organizational design consulting, and how does it benefit a company?
Organizational design consulting involves working with businesses to align their organizational structure with their overall business strategies and objectives. This process helps companies improve efficiency, adapt to market changes, and enhance employee engagement and customer satisfaction.
How do organizational design consultants work with leadership teams?
Organizational design consultants collaborate closely with the leadership team to understand the company’s business strategy and goals. They analyze the existing organizational structures, identify areas for improvement, and develop tailored solutions to optimize how the organization operates.
What role does change management expertise play in organizational design?
Change management expertise is crucial in organizational design as it helps facilitate smooth transitions during structural changes. By managing the human side of change, consultants ensure that employees are engaged, informed, and aligned with the new direction, which minimizes resistance and disruption.
How can organizational design consulting help achieve specific business objectives?
By aligning the operating model and organizational structure with the company’s business objectives, organizational design consulting firms help companies streamline processes, improve decision-making, and enhance productivity. This alignment ensures that all business units and employees work toward common goals, improving overall efficiency and performance.
What distinguishes organizational design consulting from other consulting services?
Organizational design consulting is distinct because it focuses specifically on the internal structure and functioning of a company. Unlike other consulting services that might focus on market strategy or product development, organizational design consulting addresses the framework through which a company operates, including its people, processes, and governance.
