Org Chart Examples for Effective Visual Leadership

An org chart can – and should be – so much more than boxes with titles and names. Org charts are essential tools that help companies visualize their organization, gain insights into their workforce, and plan for their future.

Here, we’ll use real-life examples of org structures to consider, and why org chart automation is critical to easily represent any org structure accurately and in real-time.

Hybrid Work Place - Days in Office Chart Example with in-office and remote days

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OrgChart Directory View Example

Strengthen Organizational Connection and Collaboration

Make it easy for people from across the organization to find one other and collaborate. OrgChart helps you maintain a detailed employee directory with names, contact information, titles, and location, all with updates in real-time.

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Make Your Org Chart Uniquely Your Own

Clarity, consistency, and distinction can encourage better stakeholder buy-in. As you can see in this org chart example, OrgChart gives you a wide selection of customization options to differentiate between functions, teams, and more. Plus, incorporate your unique branding to make it remarkable.

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OrgChart Example: Standard view with logo in color
Employee Performance Review Org Chart Example

Understand Employee Performance in an Instant

The 9-box grid is a widely used tool for assessing employee performance and span of control. OrgChart’s built-in 9-box functionality allows you to easily import employee data and create a snapshot of performance across your organization.

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Calculate Span of Control

In this org chart example, you can easily visualize how many employees report to each manager. Optimize team structures and resource allocation with clear span of control insights. OrgChart allows you to easily view this information to ensure your organization is best utilizing its people and resources.

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Example Span of Control Org Chart View

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Unlimited, Adaptable Views: Create limitless org chart perspectives, and access live data from your HRIS, payroll, and applicant tracking systems. Identify employment, salary, and leave statuses. Break down team structures, spot talent gaps, and unveil performance risks. With OrgChart, you can populate and adjust nearly any type of people-related data you can think of.

Example Full Time, Part Time, Contractors, and On Leave Org Chart

Visualize Contractors, Part-time Employees, and More

Many organizations employ a variety of staff: contractors, part-time employees, and others that may complicate organizational analysis. In this org chart example, OrgChart allows you to visualize these different levels and measure their impact across the organization.

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Track and Analyze DEI Metrics

Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies requires robust data aggregation. OrgChart simplifies the collection and visualization of your people-related data, helping you identify trends, gaps, and opportunities to foster a more inclusive workplace.

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Org Chart with DEI View Example

A Step-by-Step Guide for Selecting Org Chart Software

Visualizing who-sits-where at-a-glance is helpful, but an org chart can – and should – be so much more than boxes with titles and names. Download this guide to learn when to consider automated org chart software, the features to consider, a worksheet to help you make your decision – and more.

Unite a Hybrid Workforce

Hybrid teams need clarity in their roles and flexible work arrangements in order to perform well together. As you can see in this organizational chart example, OrgChart helps you create customizable org chart views that illuminate roles and connections, whether they’re working in-office or remotely.

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Hybrid Work Place - Days in Office Chart Example with in-office and remote days
Org Chart showing Salary Rollup example

Calibrate Team Salaries Against Budgets

When you need to visualize team salaries and budget allocations, OrgChart runs reports to illustrate how teams are performing against budget targets. As a result, you can more easily measure performance, optimize costs, and make data-driven decisions.

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Keep Things Simple and Clean

Just need a basic overview? OrgChart helps you create simplified org charts in minutes. Regardless of company size, you can easily incorporate inputs like name, title, department and photos (optional).

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Functional and Branded Customization: Design HR organizational charts with your unique branding and contextual clarity to best serve your needs. Customize colors, shapes, and lines based on function, department, team, status, and more – even for complex, matrix organizational structures.

What Our Customers Say About OrgChart

  • It’s great for seeing our entire organization in a few clicks.

    Jason G.,

    Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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  • Connects directly to our HRIS and updates on a normal cadence — we choose daily. You can also update as needed. Took several hours a month of org chart planning off of our plates … the ROI in terms of time spent is fantastic.

    Verified User in Pharmaceuticals,

    Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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  • The only comprehensive Org Chart software! Easy to set up templates, upload information, and build comprehensive charts. We have used the software to understand the span of control and ultimately organizational design.

    Jillian P.,

    Head of Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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  • Extremely easy to implement and use. Easy and fast to create charts, allowing the information to be always updated and even better, customised.

    Carolina F.,

    Sales Operations Lead

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  • OrgChart creates a perfect org chart that’s easy to update every time. Saves battling with MS Visio every time there a staffing change.

    Leo C.,

    Managing Director Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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  • OrgChart is taking our very manual org chart creation and making it easier to make changes. We were also able to easily add the new photos we took of all employees.

    Jacqueline W.,

    Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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