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SUMMARY:EEN Session: Rethinking Spans and Layers
DESCRIPTION:Rethinking Spans and Layers\nSession leaders: Alexis Fink and Alec Levenson\nTuesday\, October 27\, 20268:00 am PDT (Los Angeles) | 11:00 am EDT (New York) | 3:00 pm GMT (London)(1.5 hours duration)\n  \n			 \n				\n				\n				What if the problem with most “spans and layers” exercises is that they optimize for cost reduction while undermining the very organizational effectiveness they are meant to improve? \n“Spans and layers” is back. Rising costs\, productivity pressures\, and demands for greater efficiency mean many organizations are once again turning to organizational structure as a lever for cost reduction. But in many cases\, the conversation is being framed far too narrowly. \nTraditional spans-and-layers exercises often default to blunt cost-cutting logic: reduce management layers\, increase spans of control\, remove headcount\, and assume efficiency follows. Yet organizations frequently discover that these approaches create unintended consequences—decision bottlenecks\, leadership overload\, weaker capability development\, reduced coordination\, and declining organizational effectiveness. \nJoin us for a live 90-minute Enterprise Effectiveness Network session in which Alexis Fink (Center Director and Senior Research Scientist) and Alec Levenson (Senior Research Scientist) will examine how organizations should really think about spans and layers in today’s operating environment. Rather than treating spans and layers as a simplistic cost-reduction exercise\, this discussion will explore how leaders can make more deliberate\, evidence-informed decisions about structure\, management load\, coordination\, capability development\, and organizational performance. \nWho should attend: \n\nCHROs and senior HR leaders responsible for organizational structure\, workforce effectiveness\, and operating model decisions\nOrganizational effectiveness and organization design professionals examining spans\, layers\, decision rights\, and coordination mechanisms\nBusiness leaders navigating cost pressures while seeking to maintain performance\, capability\, and execution quality\nHR strategy and workforce planning leaders evaluating how structure shapes organizational agility and effectiveness\nTransformation and operating model leaders redesigning workflows\, accountability\, and leadership structures\nPeople analytics leaders interested in moving beyond simplistic structural benchmarks toward evidence-informed organizational design\n\nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n			 \n			 \n				\n				\n				\n				Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n			\n				Learn more about EEN\n			\n			 \n				\n				\n			 \n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS\n			 \n			 \n				\n				\n			 \n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					ALEXIS FINK\, Ph.D.\n					\n					Center Director and Senior Research Scientist \n					\n				 \n			 \n			 \n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					ALEC LEVENSON\, Ph.D.\n					\n					CEO Senior Research Scientist \n					\n				 \n			 \n			 \n				\n				\n				\n			 \n				\n				\n			 \n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor.
URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-rethinking-spans-and-layers/
LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:EEN
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