Workflow

Workflow…well, we hope it flows the way we want but hope is not a method. If you need some new thoughts or helpful reminders on how to improve in this area, consider these 15…

1. Map out what you're asking employees to achieve with connections to their deliverables

2. Get the right person for the responsibility and give them more

3. Clean up clutter of the office, email and relationships

4. Grow and build High Performance Teams (12-18 months)

5. Reflection and Process Improvement time build into closure

6. Ask employees to restate what it is you/the team expects from them with each job

7. Monitor each project and use software or a system that makes this more efficient

8. Get office workflow management tools that work for your particular industry

9. Create a genuine learning environment with shared risks and accountability

10. Make Sure Multi-Tasking Doesn't become “Multi-Slacking”

11. Try to automate mundane, repetitive tasks and work flows

12. Consider whether e-signing would provide efficiency without harming security

13. Measure productivity and collaborate in the cloud

14. Build a Best Practices and Lessons Learned depository

15. Differentiate between problems and inconveniences, what is important & what is critical