What's inside:
Overview
Planning ahead for roles
Scoping the roles
Making roles come to life
Connecting across functions
Takeaways & next steps
Talent & Leadership
8 MIN
Designing an Organizational Structure for Your Startup
Matt Hoffman
As a partner and head of talent at M13, Matt coaches our founders on how to scale their organizations—everything from recruiting the best talent to building healthy and high-performing cultures. Matt was previously VP, People at DigitalOcean and Return Path (ranked #1 Best Place to work in NYC and #2 in the U.S.).
Tania Luna
Tania is the co-CEO of LifeLabs Learning. She is also a psychology researcher, leadership trainer, and co-author of the book, “The Leader Lab: Core Skills to Become a Great Manager Faster.”
When working with early-stage companies, one of the questions we most commonly get asked is: “Can you help me with recruiting?”
And while building your team with talented humans is indeed a critical goal, usually what people are asking is how to improve the pipeline, or interview well (we’ll talk about both those worthy goals in a future guide!). What we tell them in response is often surprising: The best way to improve your recruiting processes is to design your organizational structure first.
Before you can fill roles with the best talent, you need to be intentional about what those roles look like and how they fit into the larger strategic vision for the organization. Thoughtful organizational design is one of the most critical skills a founder can cultivate. In this guide, we’ll show you how to get good at this skill faster.
In this complete guide, you’ll learn how to build a sustainable organizational structure through:
1
Planning ahead for roles
2
Scoping the roles
3
Making roles come to life
4
Connecting across functions
5
Takeaways & next steps
Talent & Leadership
8 MIN
Designing an Organizational Structure for Your Startup
By Matt Hoffman
By Tania Luna
M13
What's inside:
Overview
Planning ahead for roles
Scoping the roles
Making roles come to life
Connecting across functions
Takeaways & next steps
When working with early-stage companies, one of the questions we most commonly get asked is: “Can you help me with recruiting?”
And while building your team with talented humans is indeed a critical goal, usually what people are asking is how to improve the pipeline, or interview well (we’ll talk about both those worthy goals in a future guide!). What we tell them in response is often surprising: The best way to improve your recruiting processes is to design your organizational structure first.
Before you can fill roles with the best talent, you need to be intentional about what those roles look like and how they fit into the larger strategic vision for the organization. Thoughtful organizational design is one of the most critical skills a founder can cultivate. In this guide, we’ll show you how to get good at this skill faster.
In this complete guide, you’ll learn how to build a sustainable organizational structure through:
1
Planning ahead for roles
2
Scoping the roles
3
Making roles come to life
4
Connecting across functions
5
Takeaways & next steps
