Your org chart is a strategy document — whether you wrote it that way or not. This 10-question diagnostic scores five dimensions that consistently separate high-performing organizations from the rest: span of control, hierarchy depth, decision velocity, role clarity, and cross-functional collaboration. You get a composite Health Score, a per-dimension breakdown, and a branded PDF you can share with your leadership team.
OrgDesign Health Score
Is your org structure helping or hurting your strategy?
A 10-question diagnostic that evaluates your organization across five critical alignment dimensions: Span of Control, Hierarchy Depth, Decision Velocity, Role Clarity, and Cross-Functional Collaboration. Receive an instant Health Score out of 100 and see exactly where structural friction is slowing you down.
How to use this tool
Answer each question honestly based on how your organization operates today — not how you wish it worked. Each question maps to one of five dimensions. At the end you will see your overall score and a radar chart showing your strengths and gaps. Download the branded PDF to share with your leadership team.
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What the OrgDesign Health Score measures
Most leaders diagnose culture problems when the real dysfunction lives in structure. Layers, reporting lines, decision rights, and handoff points quietly dictate how fast information moves, where accountability lands, and whether strategy actually gets executed. The five dimensions in this diagnostic — span of control, hierarchy depth, decision velocity, role clarity, and collaboration — are drawn from decades of research on organizational effectiveness at firms like McKinsey, BCG, and the Korn Ferry Institute.
Each question maps to a specific structural signal. Your composite score and per-dimension pattern tell you whether you're looking at a hierarchy problem, a clarity problem, a speed problem, or a combination.
How to interpret your score
Scores above 80 indicate a structure that actively supports strategy execution — expect fast decisions, clean accountability, and low coordination tax. Scores between 60 and 80 flag specific friction points you can fix without restructuring. Below 60, the organization chart itself is working against you: assume strategy initiatives will stall until you address structural root causes.
Read the per-dimension bars first. A balanced but middling profile usually means coordination drag across the whole system; a spiky profile (one very low dimension) means a targeted intervention will unlock disproportionate improvement.
What to do next
Share the PDF with your leadership team and compare perceptions — divergence on any dimension is often more revealing than the score itself. Then use Stratrix to build a remediation deck: the Strategy Studio anatomies cover operating-model redesigns, and the Management Frameworks library includes detailed entries on McKinsey 7S, RACI, and the Galbraith Star Model to guide a structured response.
Who this tool is for
- →CEOs and COOs planning a reorganization
- →Heads of People / CHROs building a culture narrative
- →Strategy leaders diagnosing execution friction
- →Operating partners at PE firms on a new portfolio company
- →Consultants running a fast structural diagnostic