
Why Your Startup Org Chart Is Pointless
By Marc Barros
The minute you start drawing lines and boxes, you're instituting an "us versus them" mentality. And that's the last thing you want at a start-up.Organizational charts are pointless.First, they cause you to waste too much time in Excel aligning boxes and trying to make sure you don't misspell somebody's name. And second, they divide your company's culture.The minute you start drawing lines and boxes, you tell people how to align and communicate, which results in an "us versus them" mentality. And that's the last thing you want at a start-up.It's true employees are trained to ask for an org chart, though that's not what they're looking for. What they really want to know is how...