Organizational Chart

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Organizational Structure

Build your organizational hierarchy. Click + Child to add reporting positions, or use the trash icon to remove positions.

General Settings

12px
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120px

Display Settings

750ms

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What is an Organizational Chart?

An organizational chart maps the reporting relationships and hierarchy within a company, team, or institution. It shows who reports to whom, how departments connect, and where each role fits in the structure. Use one whenever you need to communicate authority, span of control, or team composition at a glance — whether for an all-hands presentation, an onboarding doc, or a planned reorganization.

Key Features

1

Top-down hierarchy layout

Nodes are auto-positioned in a clean tree so reporting lines stay legible no matter how many levels deep your structure runs.

2

Collapsible departments

Collapse entire branches to focus on a specific team without losing the context of the broader org.

3

Role and name labels

Display both job title and team member name on each node so viewers can identify people and positions at once.

4

Department color-coding

Tag and color nodes by department or function for fast visual scanning across a large organization.

5

AI-generated from plain text

Describe your team structure in plain language and the AI builds the full hierarchy — no manual node placement needed.

Best For

Company org charts showing CEO-to-staff reporting lines
Department-level team structures for internal docs
Onboarding materials that help new hires navigate the company
Reorganization planning and before/after comparisons
Board and governance documentation
Project team hierarchies for client-facing presentations

When to Use

  • When you need to show who reports to whom in a company or team
  • When communicating a restructure or reorg to leadership or staff
  • When onboarding new employees who need to understand the chain of command
  • When documenting multi-level approval processes for a project
  • When a stakeholder asks 'who owns this?' and you need a visual answer
  • When comparing your current structure to a proposed future state

Common Mistakes

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    Showing too many levels at once — collapse lower tiers to keep the chart readable
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    Omitting dotted-line or matrix reporting relationships, which leaves the structure incomplete
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    Cramming both full name and long title into every node — pick one primary label when space is tight
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    Treating the chart as static — an outdated org chart is more confusing than no chart at all
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    Placing too many direct reports under a single node without grouping them into sub-teams
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    Using the same chart for every audience — an executive overview needs fewer levels than a department deep-dive

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