WHAT ARE ORGANISATION FOUNDATIONS?
The core principles set at the beginning of a journey typically set the direction and provide a reference point for key decisions. Designing and understanding the value and importance of these underpinning capabilities is vital to scaling at pace with control.
Organisation hierarchy
Functional interactions
Value dependencies
Leadership focus
Functional identity
Functional behaviour
Core skill requirements
Functional contribution
Collective growth
CREATING ORGANISATION FOUNDATIONS?
Often founders have a strong mental and verbal articulation of their core organisational beliefs. That said, codifying them and translating them into central assets upon which a successful organisation can be assembled requires a rigorous method.
Founder intent
Core challenges
Prevalent trends
Historic successes
Adjacent breakthroughs
Market positioning
Outline foundations
Key decision pathways
Outcome projections
Justified storytelling
Core communications
Stakeholder strategy
IMPACT OF ORGANISATION FOUNDATIONS?
An effective organisational bedrock can enable a clear focus on the challenge of growing a new company. Optimising time, investment and talent is critical and without a defined organisational base, a founder will always be exposed to optimising the day to day versus delivering on the longer-term vision.
Role impact clarity
Objective alignment
Cultural contribution
Strategic hiring process
Value creation focus
Integration planning
Outline foundations
Key decision pathways
Outcome projections
Organisational priorities
Impact assessment
Growth outcomes