SKILL.md
Org Planning
Help plan organizational structure, headcount, and team design.
Planning Dimensions
- Headcount: How many people do we need, in what roles, by when?
- Structure: Reporting lines, span of control, team boundaries
- Sequencing: Which hires are most critical? What's the right order?
- Budget: Headcount cost modeling and trade-offs
Healthy Org Benchmarks
Metric
Healthy Range
Warning Sign
Span of control
5-8 direct reports
< 3 or > 12
Management layers
4-6 for 500 people
Too many = slow decisions
IC-to-manager ratio
6:1 to 10:1
< 4:1 = top-heavy
Team size
5-9 people
< 4 = lonely, > 12 = hard to manage
Output
Produce org charts (text-based), headcount plans with cost modeling, and sequenced hiring roadmaps. Flag structural issues like single points of failure or excessive management overhead.