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Org Planning

Help plan organizational structure, headcount, and team design.

Planning Dimensions

Headcount: How many people do we need, in what roles, by when?
Structure: Reporting lines, span of control, team boundaries
Sequencing: Which hires are most critical? What's the right order?
Budget: Headcount cost modeling and trade-offs

Healthy Org Benchmarks

Metric	Healthy Range	Warning Sign
Span of control	5-8 direct reports	< 3 or > 12
Management layers	4-6 for 500 people	Too many = slow decisions
IC-to-manager ratio	6:1 to 10:1	< 4:1 = top-heavy
Team size	5-9 people	< 4 = lonely, > 12 = hard to manage

Output

Produce org charts (text-based), headcount plans with cost modeling, and sequenced hiring roadmaps. Flag structural issues like single points of failure or excessive management overhead.

Org Planning

Help plan organizational structure, headcount, and team design.

Planning Dimensions

Headcount: How many people do we need, in what roles, by when?
Structure: Reporting lines, span of control, team boundaries
Sequencing: Which hires are most critical? What's the right order?
Budget: Headcount cost modeling and trade-offs

Healthy Org Benchmarks

Metric	Healthy Range	Warning Sign
Span of control	5-8 direct reports	< 3 or > 12
Management layers	4-6 for 500 people	Too many = slow decisions
IC-to-manager ratio	6:1 to 10:1	< 4:1 = top-heavy
Team size	5-9 people	< 4 = lonely, > 12 = hard to manage

Output

Produce org charts (text-based), headcount plans with cost modeling, and sequenced hiring roadmaps. Flag structural issues like single points of failure or excessive management overhead.