Organisational Design, Restructuring & Strategic Succession Planning

Organisational Design, Restructuring & Strategic Succession Planning

Course schedule

Classroom Training:
DateVenueDurationPrice
22 - 26 Jun 2026London5 days£4,495

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Course Overview

This course examines how to design effective operating models, conduct organisational diagnostics, and manage restructuring initiatives. Participants explore practical tools for workforce planning, governance design, and structural change.

Who Should Attend

Experienced recruiters and HR staff refining advanced interview and assessment techniques. Past delegates have included:

  • Directors and senior managers responsible for organisational strategy and structure.
  • HR leaders involved in workforce planning, organisational development, and succession planning.
  • Heads of departments managing organisational restructuring or transformation initiatives.
  • Strategy, planning, and business transformation managers.
  • Talent management and leadership development professionals.

 

Course Outcomes

  • Understand how organisational structure supports strategy and value creation.
  • Diagnose structural and capability gaps using recognised organisational frameworks.
  • Design effective operating models, governance structures, and reporting lines.
  • Apply workforce planning methods to identify future capability requirements.
  • Plan and lead organisational restructuring while managing legal and change risks.
  • Build sustainable leadership pipelines through structured succession planning.

Course Topics

Strategic Organisational Design and Operating Models

  • Organisational design principles and global best-practice models
  • Aligning organisational structure with strategy, value creation, and operating models
  • Applying frameworks such as McKinsey 7S to diagnose organisational alignment
  • Designing governance, decision-making authority, and accountability structures
  • Evaluating centralised, decentralised, and hybrid organisational models

Organisational Diagnostics and Strategic Workforce Planning

  • Conducting organisational capability and structural diagnostics
  • Strategic workforce planning frameworks and future capability mapping
  • Job architecture, role clarity, and organisational layers analysis
  • Identifying critical roles and organisational risk exposure
  • Using people analytics and workforce data to inform organisational design

Leading Organisational Restructuring and Transformation

  • Drivers and models of organisational restructuring and transformation
  • Managing large-scale structural change and operating model transitions
  • Legal, governance, and risk considerations during restructuring
  • Change management frameworks including Kotter’s Model and ADKAR
  • Leadership communication strategies during organisational transition

Strategic Succession Planning and Leadership Pipelines

  • Identifying mission-critical and strategically sensitive roles
  • Leadership pipeline models and long-term talent planning
  • Using talent assessment tools such as the 9-Box Grid and leadership potential models
  • Building executive succession plans and talent pools
  • Integrating succession planning with leadership development

Mentoring, Coaching Models and Application

  • Distinguishing mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship roles in leadership development
  • Applying structured coaching models such as GROW to support leadership growth
  • Designing formal mentoring programmes that support succession pipelines
  • Developing coaching capability within senior leaders and line managers
  • Embedding mentoring and coaching into long-term talent and succession strategies

 

 

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