This framework is developed by a team of former McKinsey and Big 4 consultants. The presentation follows the headline-body-bumper slide format used by global consulting firms.
Explore essential design principles for an effective Operating Model, crafted by ex-McKinsey & Big 4 consultants. Enhance strategy execution with clarity. Design Principles for Robust Operating Model is a 30-slide PPT PowerPoint presentation slide deck (PPTX) available for immediate download upon purchase.
Designing an effective Operating Model is one of the most critical levers for translating Strategy into Execution. Too often, organizations either fail to evolve fast enough to match new strategic priorities, or over-engineer designs that create complexity without adding value.
To effectively construct an Operating Model, we should follow certain design principles. These design principles translate strategic intent into a small, fact-based set of objective criteria for building the Operating Model. By codifying principles, organizations ensure that Operating Models focus on value, clarify decision rights, and protect cultural strengths, while addressing weaknesses.
In this PPT presentation, we discuss 6 core design principles to follow in Operating Model Design:
1. Focus on key sources of value
2. Highlight critical decisions
3. Set clear scope and boundaries
4. Define the role of the center
5. Build essential capabilities
6. Preserve strengths, fix weaknesses
Each of these principles is discussed in depth, including diagnostic questions and examples. Other topics covered include design principles implementation, common pitfalls, core areas of an Operating Model, among others.
This deck on Operating Model Design also includes slide templates for you to use in your own business presentations.
This PPT slide outlines the necessity of a clearly defined central unit within an organization to facilitate scalable growth while empowering local teams. A well-defined center balances efficiency and responsiveness, focusing on decision-making authority and process management. The center's role must clarify centralized versus decentralized activities, decision rights, and avoid duplication. It should evolve from oversight to enabling local execution based on strategic needs. Practical guidance includes identifying decisions for central management to capture economies of scale and ensuring clarity in authority across business units. Diagnostic questions assess whether the setup creates value beyond oversight and if decision-making scopes are understood. Examples from various organizations illustrate centralization in functions like R&D, branding, procurement, and cybersecurity to enhance efficiency while maintaining flexibility. Clarity in the center’s role and ongoing adaptation are key to achieving this balance.
This PPT slide presents a case study on operating model selection for a global service company, focusing on 4 models: country-based, matrix with country leadership, matrix with functions leadership, and global functions. The comparison is based on 7 design principles: leveraging scale, expertise, organizational alignment, supplier relationships, speed, duplication elimination, and regulatory influence. Color coding indicates implementation difficulty, with red for harder, yellow for improvement potential, and green for easier implementation. The analysis reveals that the matrix with functions leadership model best meets the design principles, balancing global scale with local agility. The structured evaluation process emphasizes evidence-based decision-making, highlighting that model choice impacts operational flexibility and regulatory influence, critical for large organizations. This case exemplifies a disciplined approach to model selection in organizational design.
This PPT slide outlines core design principles for an effective Operating Model, bridging strategic intent and operational execution. Design principles must support value creation, guide trade-offs, and remain concise. Key attributes include direct links to value priorities and specificity. Six core principles are illustrated in a circular diagram: focusing on key value sources, highlighting critical decisions, setting clear scope and boundaries, defining the center's role, building essential capabilities, and preserving strengths while addressing weaknesses. These principles serve as a practical checklist for designing a resilient operating structure, ensuring alignment and efficiency across the organization. A disciplined, principle-driven approach enhances strategy execution by anchoring design in value.
This PPT slide outlines how strategic requirements shape the development of an Operating Model, translating strategy into actionable design principles. Strategic inputs, including ambition, target markets, growth sources, and key value drivers, form the foundation of the Operating Model. Organizational assessment evaluates strengths, weaknesses, cultural traits, and decision points, highlighting internal capabilities and gaps. These elements inform design principles that guide structural choices, governance mechanisms, and capability development priorities. Aligning strategic ambitions with operational design ensures the Operating Model supports strategic goals. Clear strategic requirements are vital for creating an Operating Model that serves the organization’s strategy effectively.
Source: Best Practices in Strategy Development, Operating Model PowerPoint Slides: Design Principles for Robust Operating Model PowerPoint (PPTX) Presentation Slide Deck, LearnPPT Consulting
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