STRUCTURE CONSULTING

We analyze the processes and structure of your business, interview some of the personnel involved, and come up with recommendations on how to improve how you conduct business. The idea is not just to remove steps, but to enhance the work environment and improve the ability of the workers to achieve the tasks put to them.

CORPORATE TRAINING TEAM BUILDING

STRUCTURE CONSULTING FOR BUSINESSES

IMPROVING THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THE BOTTOM LINE

Looking into production processes, paperwork and internal communications, we look to identify the bottlenecks and improve the efficiency of the workforce along with the methods of supervision. The more efficient a work group, the better the profitability.

TEAM BUILDING

HR often is called upon for team building events. We provide a wide range of team building services. A company with a solid corporate culture and morale operates a lot more cost effectively. You can access that information on our Team Building Page.

The difference between efficiency consulting and structure consulting is that efficiency is about problems on a small scale, while structure is more about process across the organization chart. So, for Structure Consulting, we are not focused on an assembly line and trying to find out how many widgets can be made per hour. We are more focused on finding unneeded redundancy, conflicts, bottlenecks, islands and cloaking.

UNNEEDED REDUNDANCY

Redundancy can be very important. It makes certain that you do not have disruptions and it helps with quality control. Sometimes, though, there is unneeded redundancy. This is where there are few or no benefits. We help identify such situations and come up with appropriate recommendations. The possibility exists that could even recommend additional redundancy if we see it lacking.

CONFLICTS

Sometimes different work groups can operate at cross-purposes. This makes both groups have to work harder simply to counteract the operations of the other. Uncovering the conflicts in an organization, as opposed to personal conflicts, is the key to enhancing the efficiency of overall operations. Through changing a few responsibilities, we can improve both work groups as well as enhance morale.

BOTTLENECKS

The concept of a bottleneck is often misunderstood. More specifically that the assumption, it is really about any part of a business that results in other parts of the company waiting. Idle time spent waiting for supplies, approval, or review, is time that could be used productively. We can help identify the bottlenecks in your organization and either come up with ways to overcome them or suggest changes to have that downtime to be productive.

ISLANDS

Islands are where groups or individuals are separated from the rest of an organization. The people on that island operate without interacting with the main company and inefficiencies due to poor communication exist. In the worst cases, islands can operate without outside supervision or accountability. We can look at your islands and determine if the situation is causing problems and reducing efficiency and recommend changes.

CLOAKING

Cloaking is a little-used term for a common problem. Cloaking is where individual workers, or even whole departments, simply disappear off of the radar from management. Sometimes such groups simply provide no productivity whatsoever and are just happy to be flying below the radar. In other cases, cloaking simply results in mistakes becoming institutionalized.

You are our client! We try to take ownership of our activities and statements, but you are the one that decides on what actions should be taken. We are there to serve you and abide by your decision. Give us the opportunity to discuss how we could help make your organization more successful. There is never an obligation for a phone call.

Our facilitators have years of experience in the business world. They bring the benefits of their experience to your company. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing our various facilitators. We have standard facilitators and heavy hitters with a lot more experience depending on your needs and budget. We can come up with a plan that will match both.

We provide Structure Consulting throughout the United States, and even beyond! Wherever you might be along the Atlantic Coast, the MidWest, the South, the West Coast, or anywhere else, we stand ready to help your group to have fun. This includes in the big cities, the suburbs, or further outside the urban areas. We do not provide the food or the venue. We come to you and help you achieve the success that your company deserves!

WE COME TO YOU!
We work with groups that are small, medium and large. We also work with people that are in the city, the suburbs, and that are in more rural areas. It never made sense to get our own facilities. We come to a venue of your choosing and this allows you to make your own food and beverage options. In general, you want enough light to see, enough space to move around comfortably, and it should be quiet enough to hear. Everything else can be adjusted to. We also have our insurance in order and can have COIs with your venue as an additional insured, if required.

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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS THE REASON?

The first step is to determine your needs. This includes potential goals, desires and concerns. The more we know about what has already been decided can allow us to narrow the conversation to approaches that interest you.

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? WHERE? WHEN? HOW MANY?

We need to know the city where the event will be as well as what kind of venue might be used. A date, or date range, for when you would like to have this and what time frame you are looking for will help to determine our commitment and availability. Knowing the size of your group, though that will likely just be an estimate, will allow us to choose appropriate options and have a better feel for the resources required.

DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET?

If you know budget limitations, that can allow us to restrict the conversations to those options that will be within your financial constraints. This works in both directions. We don't want to overbuild and propose options that can't be done. Also, we don't want to provide less than we could realizing the resources that could be made available to better achieve your goals.