Here at Shalem, it called for teams.
Teams are an organizational structure that is non-hierarchical.
We moved toward this change because of our own growth. During Shalem's history, programs and projects steadily increased, and staff were added to support them. Two years ago, as we celebrated our 20th anniversary, the Board of Directors decided to take a fresh look at our mission statement, and we embarked on an envisioning process to examine what we were doing and what it called from us for our future. From this process we realized that we needed to change our internal structure. Though Shalem was born with a typical hierarchical structure, our growth made it cumbersome for one or two people to be in charge of all Shalem's activities.