Leadership & Organisation knowledge cluster

Roles, Role Clarity and Work Design

Designed to help CHROs, COOs, functional leaders, founders, organisation-design teams and managers design roles around outcomes, decisions and work rather than titles, inherited tasks or individual personalities.

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This cluster organises 40 practical ways to understand, apply and challenge roles, role clarity and work design.

Designed to help CHROs, COOs, functional leaders, founders, organisation-design teams and managers design roles around outcomes, decisions and work rather than titles, inherited tasks or individual personalities.

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Core guide

Role Clarity

Role Clarity: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Role Design

Role Design: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Work Design

Work Design: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Role Architecture

Role Architecture: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Role Purpose

Role Purpose: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Role Outcomes

Role Outcomes: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Role Interfaces

Role Interfaces: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Decision Authority in Roles

Decision Authority in Roles: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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Job Descriptions

Job Descriptions: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Role Governance

Role Governance: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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How-to playbook

How to Design a Role

How to Design a Role: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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How-to playbook

How to Write a Role Charter

How to Write a Role Charter: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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How to Define Role Outcomes

How to Define Role Outcomes: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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How to Map Role Interfaces

How to Map Role Interfaces: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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How-to playbook

How to Clarify Decision Authority

How to Clarify Decision Authority: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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How to Redesign Work Around Outcomes

How to Redesign Work Around Outcomes: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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How to Separate Role From Individual

How to Separate Role From Individual: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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How to Assess Role Overload

How to Assess Role Overload: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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How-to playbook

How to Build a Role Architecture

How to Build a Role Architecture: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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How-to playbook

How to Review Role Effectiveness

How to Review Role Effectiveness: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

The Job Description Nobody Uses

The Job Description Nobody Uses: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

Roles Built Around Incumbents

Roles Built Around Incumbents: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

Accountability Without Decision Authority

Accountability Without Decision Authority: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

Role Overlap and Organisational Friction

Role Overlap and Organisational Friction: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

The Manager Who Owns Everything

The Manager Who Owns Everything: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

Workload Hidden by Broad Titles

Workload Hidden by Broad Titles: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

New Roles Added Without Removing Old Work

New Roles Added Without Removing Old Work: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Diagnostic and failure mode

Why Role Clarity Disappears

Why Role Clarity Disappears: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational…

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Comparison

Role versus Job

Role versus Job: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Comparison

Role Clarity versus Task Clarity

Role Clarity versus Task Clarity: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Comparison

Job Description versus Role Charter

Job Description versus Role Charter: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Comparison

Work Design versus Organisation Design

Work Design versus Organisation Design: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Checklist or practical tool

Role Charter Template

Role Charter Template: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Checklist or practical tool

Role Clarity Diagnostic

Role Clarity Diagnostic: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Checklist or practical tool

Role Interface Map

Role Interface Map: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Checklist or practical tool

Work Design Checklist

Work Design Checklist: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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Direct-answer guide

What Should a Role Charter Include?

What Should a Role Charter Include?: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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How Often Should Roles Be Reviewed?

How Often Should Roles Be Reviewed?: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Can Two People Share Accountability?

Can Two People Share Accountability?: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and…

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Who Owns Role Design?

Who Owns Role Design?: a practical Leadership and Organisation guide covering roles, decisions, behaviour, capability, governance and organisational action.

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