Organizational Integration Roadmap

Situation

While serving as a Sr. HR Business Partner with the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, I was charged with divesting a subordinate business unit, 4-60th Air Defense Artillery Battalion with approximately 400 personnel to an external armored division.

Result

Successfully transitioned over 400 personnel, streamlining relationships and organizational effectiveness while positively impacting the mission.

Assess

Build

Divesture

Stabilize

Sustain

How

-90 Days

Assess

Identify decision owners
Initial in-brief with gaining organization
Identify which billets and personnel will transfer with 4-60th ADA BN
Identify people risk (internal communications)

-45 Days

Build

Finalize new organizational design
Identify potential reorganizations based on loss of personnel.
Identify skill & capability losses

Divesture

Transition

Conduct transfer of organization and personnel to the new home organization
Formally issue new org chart, establishing working relationships
Implement new communication channels

Endstate

Close

400+ personnel transitions coordinated, new organizational alignment in effect, ensured continuity for both the losing and gaining organizations. Minimal loss of operational effectiveness.

+30 Days

Stabalize

Identify post-transfer vacancies for fill
Resolve lasting continuity issues
Review employee experience

+60 Days

Sustain

Reinforce any new personnel alignments
Monitor employee readiness
Capture lessons learned from entire process