The quickest way to illustrate the workflow process at your organization may be to simply scrawl it on a whiteboard, but that means you'll have to change it every time there's a promotion or new hire.

Managers often rely on organizational charts to help employees understand the hierarchy in an organization. The charts serve as visual aids that illustrate the reporting structure and associated ...

On a recent consulting job, I had a client asked me if I could recommend a good, easy-to-use, and affordable diagramming software application other than Microsoft Visio. He then went on to say that he ...

Who’s in charge where? To whom do I report? Who is responsible and for what? All are questions that must be answered in any organization. And the best and clearest way to do that is with an ...

There are many interdependencies between people and departments at most companies. At times, communication breakdowns or inabilities of processes can stymie the best intentions. It is often difficult ...

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One of the questions I hear from colleagues every day -- on phone calls, in meetings and even frantic late-night email messages -- is, “How do I draw from all of my different resources to build the ...