Questions & Answers

10 answered questions on downshift.rocks.

Continuity and succession

• We can afford only one person in each critical seat. How do we reduce key-person risk?

Leadership seats

• I have taken back several seats as the owner. How do I stop becoming the bottleneck again?
• Our team is smaller now. Should our managers become player-coaches or should we remove the management seats?

People and seat fit

• A loyal employee fits our values, but their seat is gone. Should we create another role for them?
• How can we tell whether a redesigned seat is failing or the person in it is the wrong fit?

Restructuring transitions

• How do we explain redesigned seats to the remaining team without making it sound like everyone just gets more work?
• Several seats need to change. Should we reorganize everyone at once or phase the changes?

Seat redesign

• How do we combine two seats after layoffs without creating an impossible job?
• How do we decide which responsibilities to stop when a seat disappears?
• We're cutting headcount. Should we redraw the Accountability Chart before deciding who stays?