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Productivity is a significant buzzword in the business world.
It’s all about getting more done at quicker speeds to increase profit. It might seem like a stress-inducing and impossible mission, but being extra productive in the day-to-day starts with the smallest of steps.
From reducing admin, to staying sharper throughout the day; these simple to adopt (and adapt) methods will make your enterprise work harder, better, faster and stronger.
Stop Multitasking
Working on multiple tasks will only slow you down. You might feel like you are achieving more, but it will certainly take you longer and it’s much easier for quality to slip.
Allocate your time carefully, dedicating it to specific clients or projects one at a time. Once finished, tick it off the list as complete and move on.But my calendar is crammed – I have no choice but to multi-task” – this common excuse can be overcome by just taking a few minutes first thing in the morning to visualise your functions as a list, or in a calendar on your chosen email software. Map out a realistic timescale for each activity, and review this if you feel you need longer.
Start Prioritizing
It’s a classic tip that you’ll see again and again – but let’s look at this a bit differently.
Usually, you might prioritize your tasks independently and ‘just get on with it’, but what might be a priority to you, might not be for the corporation. Communicate clearly with team members who are operating on the same project to determine all priorities across the board.
By taking 10 minutes in the morning to meet and delegate, you will increase productivity tenfold.
Don’t Be Afraid To Delegate
If the workload is piling up, is there any room to delegate to someone else who has a clearer schedule? Just be sure that they are capable of the task without the need to hand hold as this will only take up additional amounts of your time.
Outsourcing is always an option for time-strapped businesses. Solutions do not have to be expensive, but it is well worth having a budget set aside for hiring additional skilled hands on an ad-hoc basis.
Review Processes
Make sure to review workflow.
Whether you are the CEO or an Executive employee, where possible you should always be reviewing the way that things are being done and whether there are new ways of doing them that could save the company time, or even money.
The key with this is to arrange meetings on a monthly or bi-monthly basis, with a clear set agenda of processes to be discussed. This empowers all levels of staff to input their thoughts which can be incredibly eye-opening.
Start Automating Paperwork
To businesses who have already introduced technology automation to their operations, it is a no brainer. To those who haven’t, it can be a little off-putting to put trust in software to carry out tasks.
However, from our own research we have found that by introducing document assembly software, companies that produce repetitive documents such as bids, contracts and risk assessments have saved on average 71{9e5c399d4686ffbee71f542e7a95a67178027d042b67cd6e8c3b22a26beb12ba} of the time previously spent. This means longer intervals to focus on other areas of the business such as the all-important customer satisfaction.
But what about the costs?
IDC conducted a survey with 164 IT professionals into automation as an IT investment and found that:
- 84{9e5c399d4686ffbee71f542e7a95a67178027d042b67cd6e8c3b22a26beb12ba} of IT organizations view it as a top investment priority for delivering the required outcomes
- 30{9e5c399d4686ffbee71f542e7a95a67178027d042b67cd6e8c3b22a26beb12ba} of IT professionals listed the reduction in cost as their primary business case for introducing automation, followed by just under 25{9e5c399d4686ffbee71f542e7a95a67178027d042b67cd6e8c3b22a26beb12ba} citing process standardization
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