Org Design & Accountability Chart

Seats, not people: the 6 seats every $1M to $50M business needs, and who owns yours · by HireSphere AI

Businesses scale past their org chart long before anyone redraws it. Assign an owner to each of the six seats below, one name per seat, one seat can have one owner, and we'll show where the structure depends on you, where it depends on nobody, and which gap to close first.

Vision & Leadership

Owns: Strategy, culture, big relationships, capital, the 3-year picture.

Operations / Integrator

Owns: Runs the week: priorities, cadence, cross-team issues, making the plan happen.

Sales & Marketing

Owns: Pipeline, revenue targets, brand, pricing. Owns the top line.

Delivery / Service

Owns: The product or service customers pay for: quality, capacity, margin.

Finance & Admin

Owns: Cash, reporting, budgets, compliance, systems. Owns the numbers.

People & Talent

Owns: Hiring system, onboarding, performance, development. Owns the bench.

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seats with a clear owner (of 6)

How to read it

Red = you. Every seat you hold is a seat the business can't run without you in.
Amber = nobody / shared. Shared accountability is no accountability, this is where balls drop.
Green = owned. Now define what "good" looks like for that seat and measure it.

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A structure snapshot, not an org design engagement. Six seats is a starting frame; larger businesses split them.
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