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Kates Consulting is an organization design advisory firm.

Kates Consulting is an organization design advisory firm.

We help leadership teams create organizations to execute strategy with speed and efficiency.

We help leadership teams create organizations to execute strategy with speed and efficiency.

Why do companies reach out to us?

Strategy Shift

Execute a new business model or a shift in strategy

Matrix Challenges

Make complex, matrix organizations more effective

M&A Integration

Integrate M&A activity or stand up divested units

AI Tools

Leverage AI to fuel operational efficiency and speed

Succession Planning

Craft a succession plan for the next phase of growth

Cost Reduction

Reduce unrewarded complexity and cost

Strategy Shift

Execute a new business model or a shift in strategy

Matrix Challenges

Make complex, matrix organizations more effective

M&A Integration

Integrate M&A activity or stand up divested units

AI Tools

Leverage AI to fuel operational efficiency and speed

Succession Planning

Craft a succession plan for the next phase of growth

Cost Reduction

Reduce unrewarded complexity and cost

Strategy Shift

Execute a new business model or a shift in strategy

Matrix Challenges

Make complex, matrix organizations more effective

M&A Integration

Integrate M&A activity or stand up divested units

AI Tools

Leverage AI to fuel operational efficiency and speed

Succession Planning

Craft a succession plan for the next phase of growth

Cost Reduction

Reduce unrewarded complexity and cost

Our Work

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise design

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise design

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise design

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise design

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Kates Consulting delivered an outstanding organization design program for our HR business partners. Their command of Jay Galbraith's methodology translated complex frameworks into practical, immediately applicable tools. What set this program apart was the integration of real business challenges into the learning experience, giving our team the confidence and capability to serve as true strategic partners to our business leaders.

Jacqueline Scanlan

CHRO, FMC

Working with their team was instrumental in helping us drive meaningful realignment within our support organization. Their methodology brought clarity and structure to complex operational challenges, while the practical tools and hands-on approach enabled our teams to execute with confidence. The experience was collaborative, thoughtful, and focused on delivering lasting results.

Steve Weydig

Executive Vice President, Ticketmaster

I endorse the Kates Consulting team with absolute confidence. Jackie, Jonathan and the team were part of the Kates Kesler core group of practitioners in what became a scaled, global organization design practice. This team of experienced boutique advisors, brings with them deep expertise, honed across scores of great companies. And they bring an organization design methodology that sets the standard in the field.

Greg Kesler

Founder of Kates Kesler and Former Global Head of Organization Design at Accenture

Working with Athos 2.0 has been a game-changer for our app's user experience.

Their innovative UI designs and seamless Framer development have elevated our product to new heights. Kudos to Athos for their expertise and dedication.

Sienna Hewitt

CEO, Tech Innovations

Working With Us

We are organization design experts.

Kates Consulting is a team of org design specialists. We focus solely on this discipline, allowing our consultants to pattern match across companies and industries.

Organization design experts

We are organization design experts.

Kates Consulting is a team of org design specialists. We focus solely on this discipline, allowing our consultants to pattern match across companies and industries.

Our process ensures designs stick.

Our participative design process allows those closest to the work to contribute to the future model. This approach initiates change management, ensuring designs stick.

Process in organization design

Our process ensures designs stick.

Our participative design process allows those closest to the work to contribute to the future model. This approach initiates change management, ensuring designs stick.

We collaboratively prototype.

You are the expert in your business, and we bring the organization design expertise. Together, we prototype, experiment, and weigh tradeoff choices.

Collaboration in organization design

We collaboratively prototype.

You are the expert in your business, and we bring the organization design expertise. Together, we prototype, experiment, and weigh tradeoff choices.

We are at the frontier of AI.

AI is changing how organizations are structured at a global scale. We've helped Fortune 50 companies adapt to this major shift in how work gets done.

AI in organization design

We are at the frontier of AI.

AI is changing how organizations are structured at a global scale. We've helped Fortune 50 companies adapt to this major shift in how work gets done.

The methodology is time-tested.

We use Jay Galbraith's proven Star Model methodology that has become the standard in Fortune 500 companies. Our focus on diagnostic integrity is core to our work.

Metodology in organization design

The methodology is time-tested.

We use Jay Galbraith's proven Star Model methodology that has become the standard in Fortune 500 companies. Our focus on diagnostic integrity is core to our work.

Designed for mid- to senior-level practitioners, business leaders, and HR executives from around the globe, our public training program offers four virtual, four-hour sessions based on a full operating model and organization design process.

Choose From Two Course Offerings:

Nov 2026 Series: Tuesdays & Thursdays — Nov 3, 5, 10, 12 (9am–1pm ET)

Feb 2027 Series: Tuesdays & Thursdays — Feb 2, 4, 9, 11 (1pm–5pm ET)

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