One of the biggest and most important buzzwords in the world of business is “productivity”. This single word speaks to everything that’s important in your business, like how your workers work and how your managers manage them. It speaks to the processes that underpin their workflows and the system that manages those processes. It’s also about technology and automation and how you can create more value for the same human labor over the course of your business development. In this article, we’ll look at three crucial ways that you can boost productivity as a business as we head towards 2022.
People
People are the engine room of productivity. With no people, you’re simply not going to be productive. On the flip-side, motivated and happy employees that are well-trained and well-rewarded for their labor are far more likely to be working at capacity, near their peak, and therefore delivering the highest possible product to your firm. But how do you get them there?
One way is to invest in the kind of software through which you can both track productivity and efficiency while at the same time making interventions with your staff to help them work better, smarter and faster. Some of the best HR software on the market today is built to facilitate this, ensuring your people are perfect in their jobs, week after week.
Management
Still, with people working hard across your business, they’re still going to need steering towards the most productive forms of work and the most profitable tasks. That’s ultimately the responsibility of their manager: you. So, how can you approach your management differently in order to boost productivity with a workforce that’s firing on all cylinders? That’s simple: you just need some technology to help you.
There are two forms of tech here that can be particularly useful to managers. The first is workflow management software, which can help managers see exactly where tasks are being completed across their business so that they’re always abreast of when and how they can hit deadlines faster. And the second is live-tracking sales and profits in real-time, which you can achieve through engagement with accounting and financial software. Both will help you make the most of the team working beneath you, drawing insights that’ll help your business grow.
Automation
And finally, no article on productivity can be complete without a nod to automation. This is a trend you can expect to sweep across the business world during the course of this decade, as more and more firms come to realize that their productivity can be vastly improved by replacing unskilled labor with machines and by upskilling that labor into more valuable and profitable positions.
It’s a win-win for the employer and the employee, and there are already plenty of ways you can see this happening across firms. By and large, accounting is not automated, as are certain parts of the data-inputting process. Tracking is automated, and email communications and customer service are too. Engage with this tech to save your firm money and time.
There you have it: some important tips to help you boost your business productivity as we move towards a new year with new opportunities.
