Organizational Design in Calgary, Alberta & Across Canada
Build the organization your business needs next.
As organizations grow and change, the way work is structured doesn't always keep up. We help organizations design clearer structures, roles, and ways of working so people know where they fit, how decisions get made and how work gets done.
When the organization changes, the structure needs to change with it.
What worked when you were smaller may not work anymore.
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Maybe responsibilities overlap. Decisions keep getting pushed upward. Teams have grown around people instead of clear accountabilities. New layers have been added without really considering how work should flow. Or you're preparing for growth, restructuring or another significant change and need to determine what the organization should look like next.
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Organizational design looks beyond the org chart.
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We help you understand how work happens today, identify what's getting in the way and design a structure that better supports your strategy, people and future direction.
How We Can Help
ASSESS
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Organizational assessments
Current-state analysis
Roles & responsibilities
Spans & layers
Decision-making
Workflows & dependencies
Organizational pain points
DESIGN
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Organizational structure
Operating model design
Roles & accountabilities
Team design
Reporting relationships
Decision rights
Future-state design
TRANSITION
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Organizational restructuring
Role changes
Transition planning
Implementation support
Leadership alignment
Change management
Communication & adoption
How Organizational Design Works
1. UNDERSTAND​
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We learn your strategy, organization, people, current structure, and what isn't working today.
2. ASSESS​
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We look at how work gets done, where accountabilities sit, how decisions are made, and where gaps or bottlenecks exist.
3. DESIGN​
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We develop a practical structure with clearer roles, accountabilities and ways of working aligned with your future state.
4. TRANSITION​
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We help you move from current state to future state, supporting implementation, communication and change along the way.
What Makes Us Different
Is Organizational Design Right for You?
More than an org chart.
BUSINESS FIRST
We start with where the organization is going and what it needs to accomplish, then design the structure around the work.
PEOPLE + PROCESS
Structure doesn't work in isolation. We consider roles, processes, decision-making, capabilities and how teams actually work together.
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DESIGN THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION
A future state isn't much use if nobody knows how to get there. We can support the transition from design through implementation and adoption.
It might be a good fit when...​
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✓ Your organization has grown, but your structure hasn't evolved with it.
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✓ Too many decisions are being escalated to senior leaders, or nobody is sure who owns what.
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✓ You're preparing for significant growth or downsizing.
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✓You know the current structure isn't working, but aren't sure what the right structure should look like.
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Making a broader organizational change?
Related Services
Structured change support to help you plan, implement, and sustain significant change.
Understand what's getting in the way and redesign processes to improve performance.
Bring leaders and teams together to align on direction, make decisions and move forward.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is organizational design?
Organizational design is the process of aligning an organization's structure, roles, accountabilities, decision-making and ways of working with its strategy and goals. Good organizational design looks beyond reporting lines to consider how work actually gets done and what the organization will need as it grows or changes.
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When should an organization review its structure?
Growth, restructuring, leadership changes, mergers, new business lines, persistent role confusion, slow decision-making and duplicated work can all signal the current structure needs to be reviewed.
Is organizational design just creating an org chart?
No. An org chart shows reporting relationships. Organizational design considers the work itself, including roles, responsibilities, decision rights, processes, capabilities, spans of control, and how teams interact.
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Do you provide organizational design consulting in Calgary?
Yes. A&A Consulting is headquartered in Calgary and supports organizations in Alberta and across Canada with organizational design, operating model design, restructuring, and organizational effectiveness.