The Pyramid

Every organization has a pyramid that represents the people and their respective titles and areas of responsibility. Most organizational pyramids, look like, well, pyramids and that is by design and by default.

Wherever you are in the pyramid take a look and see that the structure is wholly dependent on the other parts of the structure and unless you are already at the top, you have opportunities to take the next step up. Therefore if you are going to grow, you must realize that you will fill a slot above you and hopefully there is someone below you in the pyramid that will fill your slot, because they too are on an upward path. The pyramid is one of the strongest structures known and that is why companies organize the different responsibilities in the shape of one. This graphic view makes it easy to see the correlation and dependance each position has to the other positions. If there are weak people in any positions you can see how their status affects the entire organization. Conversely when you have strong performance in the individual "blocks" you can see just how much stronger the entire structure can be. Make sure you are one of the strong "blocks" in the pyramid and that you are on a path to the top!