Organization & leadership

Define the authority and leadership roles required as the enterprise changes.

Expansion can leave country leaders responsible for results while key approvals remain at the center. A new strategy or ownership structure may create similar tensions. Dune examines the work expected of each leadership role and the authority available to carry it out.

Which approvals repeatedly return to the same executive?
Where do group and country mandates conflict?
What authority must move with a changed leadership role?

Who can authorize the work.

Roles, authority and reporting

Examine how significant commercial and operating decisions are made. Use those requirements to develop the structure, reporting relationships and role mandates. Account for ownership expectations and local market needs when defining the boundaries between roles.

Introducing the structure

Plan role changes and communication alongside the management routines needed to make the structure work. Review points should reveal whether people can exercise their authority or still need informal permission to proceed.

Agreed work and outputs

An organization structure with leadership mandates and a decision-rights framework. The transition plan explains which responsibilities change, when they move and how the new arrangements will be reviewed.

Information to bring

Provide the current structure and intended business changes. Examples of contested or delayed approvals are more useful than a reporting chart alone.

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