Improving Workforce & Organizational Structure
Crafting an organization design that meshes seamlessly with the mission of delivering quality care is not just beneficial—it’s essential.
Contact Us to Get StartedRelying on Off-the-Shelf Structural Blueprints Only Takes You So Far
Off-the-shelf structural templates aren’t enough for health care organizations facing complex workforce realities. Leaders must navigate these challenges to build workforce structures that support effective planning and execution. When services, roles, capabilities, and culture aren’t aligned, collaboration and execution suffer—and care delivery becomes less predictable.
An effective workforce structure requires understanding not only total headcount but also how roles distribute across job families and career stages—and how that compares to market benchmarks. Organizations that benchmark against peers gain insights to inform strategy and guide workforce decisions.
Without standardized job families, consistent career stages, and reliable comparisons to external benchmarks, workforce planning is hindered. Fragmented or incomplete data makes it difficult for leaders to identify structural disconnects, assess workforce risk, and make informed decisions.
Workforce structure plays a critical role in retention. Misaligned roles, unclear career pathways, and inconsistent management practices can contribute to disengagement and turnover across clinical and non-clinical populations. Understanding the factors that influence retention at different points in the workforce lifecycle allows organizations to design structures and talent strategies that support continuity, engagement, and long-term performance.
Partnering with SullivanCotter
Strengthen Your Workforce Structure
Organizations that partner with SullivanCotter benefit from industry-leading workforce data, analytics, and advisory expertise tailored specifically for health care and grounded in decades of research and advisory experience.
We combine:
Data Analytics & Surveys
Proprietary workforce analytics and comprehensive health care compensation and workforce surveys provide objective benchmarks on workforce size, structure, cost, and performance—helping leaders make informed, defensible decisions aligned with strategy.
Behavioral Science Expertise
By combining data insight with behavioral science, we design solutions that are practical, actionable, and more likely to be adopted—driving measurable and lasting organizational impact.
Drivers of Workforce Performance
We identify the structural and human factors that influence retention, engagement, accountability, and efficiency—helping organizations strengthen workforce performance and optimize results.
How We Help
Our experts help deconstruct organizational complexities and align structure with strategic objectives, informed by industry data and real-world context.
We integrate holistic design frameworks with practical sequencing to optimize organizational outcomes and build structure that reflects actual work and care delivery.
Clarify roles and levels, standardize titles, and define career pathways to support effective workforce planning and create fair, transparent job structures across the organization.
By leveraging proprietary survey and workforce data, including SullivanCotter’s Workforce Insights360™, we help organizations build resilient workforce plans with the right talent mix, competitive pay practices, and targeted retention strategies. Our insights into workforce size, shape, and cost support informed decision-making and effective long-term planning.
Strengthen board governance structures and practices to enhance oversight, accountability, and organizational performance.
Partner with SullivanCotter
Through Co-Sourcing
SullivanCotter’s co-sourcing model provides embedded support within your HR and compensation function—delivering ongoing benchmarking, administration, and advisory expertise.
We work alongside your team to maintain operational continuity, strengthen governance, and ensure consistent, data-driven execution. Our approach helps organizations manage complexity while building long-term internal capability.
Learn MoreInsight Spotlight
Building the Health Care Workforce of the Future
Current health care workforce challenges are causing organizations to reassess the size and shape of their employee population in an effort to address staffing challenges, meet evolving care needs, and drive greater efficiency.
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The Surveys Behind the Insights
Tap into industry-leading workforce and compensation data surveys from SullivanCotter that provide the intelligence needed to assess and improve organizational structure.
Health Care Workforce Premium Bundle
Includes six survey reports: Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity, Health Care Management and Executive Compensation, Health Care Staff Compensation, Medical Group Executive Compensation, Physician Compensation and Productivity, and Physician Executive Compensation.
Workforce Metrics Benchmark Survey
As health care organizations seek to optimize care delivery and improve performance, effectively managing workforce size, shape, and complexity remains key. This survey helps organizations understand how their workforce size, distribution, and cost compare to market practices.
Advanced Practice Provider Leadership and Organizational Survey
As health care organizations seek to transform care delivery by improving access, quality, services, and affordability, supporting the advanced practice provider (APP) workforce and optimizing leadership practices are essential. This survey highlights leadership roles, integration strategies, and workplace infrastructure for better APP workforce management.
Pulse on the Industry
Stay up to date with the latest research, insights, and thought leadership from SullivanCotter on workforce analytics, organizational performance, provider supply and demand, and evolving care delivery models.
Our Full Capabilities
There’s Much More To SullivanCotter Than Just Compensation Data
Our Full Capabilities
There’s Much More To SullivanCotter Than Just Compensation Data
How does your health care workforce compare to its peers? At SullivanCotter, we deliver sophisticated analytics and actionable insights to help you evaluate your organization’s size, structure, cost, and performance — so you can make confident, data-driven decisions.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Workforce Metrics Benchmarking
Learn MoreYour system’s organizational design, operating models, and workforce structures are deeply interconnected. How can you ensure they’re all working in alignment to support strategy, performance, and care delivery? We partner with health care leaders to build dynamic and scalable solutions that adapt to evolving market demands.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Operating Model & Strategy Alignment
Organizational Design & Workforce Structure
Learn MoreYour people are your purpose. Design total compensation and rewards programs that attract, retain, and motivate the right talent. Using deep industry insight, proprietary benchmarking data, and tailored consulting, we partner with organizations to build competitive pay structures that balance workforce needs with overall financial imperatives.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Workforce Compensation Benchmarking
Compensation Design & Total Rewards
Fair Market Value & Commercial Reasonableness
Learn MoreSullivanCotter helps health care leaders improve workforce effectiveness and organizational performance by aligning strategy, structure, and talent. Through data-driven benchmarking and expert guidance, we enable organizations to optimize team effectiveness, support leadership development and succession planning, and accelerate change.
SullivanCotter Solutions:
Performance Analytics & Advisory Services
Leadership Succession & Development
Physician Affiliation & Optimization
Learn MoreLet’s Architect Your Solution
Ready to align your workforce structure with strategic priorities and drive stronger organizational performance? Contact SullivanCotter to get started.
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