Cedar on Unlocking Human Capital
Cedar on Unlocking Human Capital examines how organizations can maximize the value of their people in an era of rapid change. This channel explores workforce strategy, leadership, culture, talent transformation, and performance management—connecting human capital decisions to enterprise strategy and results. Conversations focus on building agile, aligned, and future-ready organizations.
Cedar on Unlocking Human Capital
Strategic Alignment and the Architecture of Modern Management
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Sanjiv Anand, Chairman, Cedar Management Consulting International
In this episode, I speak about how organisational structure can quietly become an obstacle to performance. I often describe it as “structure and musical chairs” — where roles are designed around personalities and egos rather than business strategy. Structure must always reflect strategy, never accommodate individuals.
I also discuss span of control. In my experience, a CEO should ideally have 8 to 10 direct reports. Beyond that, decision-making slows and the CEO becomes a bottleneck.
I emphasise giving strategic business units real authority and caution against overly complex matrix reporting structures that create confusion. Stability in structure builds clarity and accountability. If an organisation is constantly restructuring, it is often a symptom of deeper strategic uncertainty — not a solution in itself.