How effectively does your organization manage reorganizations?

Our reader poll today asks: How effectively does your organization manage reorganizations?

– Very — our reorgs are smooth and effective: 6.44%
– Mostly — our reorgs go well but not without issues: 35.25%
– Somewhat — we don’t do a great job with reorgs: 27.12%
– Not at all — our reorgs are painful and problematic: 31.19%

Disorganized Reorganization. Why are we so bad at this? Organizations need to change and people need to be put in new roles. Those shifts turn into disasters for several reasons. First, poor communication. The rationale for the change and everyone’s new responsibilities aren’t clearly articulated which leads to confusion and frustration. Second, poor talent assessment and role definition. Reorgs can be a great opportunity to put talent in bigger roles but more often than not, we fail to assess talent properly and instead frustrate some of our best performers. Think through the reorg and roles then communicate more effectively as you go through the process.

Do you agree with these poll results? Let us know in the comments below!

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 200,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.