10 Tips to Assure Your Company’s Smooth Restructuring
                     10 Tips to 
Assure Your 
Company’s 
Smooth 
Restructuring
1. Communication
 You need to effectively communicate the plans for organizational 
restructure, by being open and honest about it. Workers need to 
understand the reason behind the restructure to avoid rumours 
being spread.
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2. Appoint team leaders
 A strong leadership team consisting of senior employees, highly 
talented workers and experienced managers should be appointed 
to oversee the entire restructuring process, which includes 
planning, analysis and communication.
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3. Plan ahead of time
 To bring about change, it is necessary to plan ahead of time 
carefully. Analyze and think critically about the impact it will have 
in the short-term as well as in the long run. Map out timelines for 
implementation.
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4. Consult your employees
 Talk to your employees. Ask them to share their thoughts and 
ideas as to how the restructuring should go on. They may be able 
to identify challenges which you may have overlooked.
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5. Long-term goals
 When you restructure your company, keep in mind the long term 
goals, what you will achieve from this process and how you can 
avoid it in future.
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6. Support for managers
 Managers play the important role of leading the restructuring 
process. If they feel uncertain about their future in the company, 
they are most likely to delay the entire process. 
 So keep briefing them to gain their trust and go ahead with the 
restructuring.
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7. Skill assessment
 To understand the strengths and weaknesses of your workforce, 
prepare an assessment of employees with skill metrics and 
performance ratings. It will help to plan the restructuring process.
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8. Don’t let go of key 
people
 Cutting costs is important, but don’t let go of key people in the 
company who are important for its future.
 Decide who should stay rather than who has to leave based on 
assessments and interviews. 
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9. Role suitability 
analysis
 While giving new roles to existing employees, do it based on not 
just their skills but also relationships, team dynamics and 
feedback from managers, so that the person is suitable enough 
for the position.
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10. Review 
 You may have to restructure the company again in future and it 
would be less difficult next time.
 There will be many challenges, but carefully planning and 
implementing decisions will help in success and growth of your 
company.
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