If you own your own business, you know it's important to always be working towards increased productivity. One great way to help the overall business is by starting with your workers. Take a look at these tips on how to improve your overall business by starting with individuals.
1. Is there a career plan or path for employees? It's important for employees to know where their careers are headed and how to develop their skills. Think of developing career paths for employees of the same skill set.
2. Everyone conducts interviews when they're hiring, but exit interviews are just as important. The employee can provide the supervisors with some much-needed feedback on the company and its practices and policies.
3. Do you provide employees with training sessions? If not, then start developing training sessions that focus on the most important skills that they need. These sessions might focus on new technology, how to better use current equipment or other relevant topics.
4. Keep your employees in the loop when it comes to performance. Employee performance indicators or quarterly evaluations will help keep everyone on track. It will also help employees succeed, since they'll know where they'll need to improve their workplace skills.
Check out sites like this one that provide your company with best practices and how to improve workplace productivity.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Keeping Your Office Organized
Looking around your office, what do you see?
No, we're not talking about desks and chairs and computers. We're talking about storage. Does your office have storage lockers, boxes or cabinets? Are there rows and rows of file cabinets? Or is everything in piles, haphazardly moved off of the floor?
It's important for businesses to keep organized. Even if it's a small business, important contacts, papers and items can get lost in a shuffle, and fast. If just one person is able to make a mess, just think of how big a mess a group of five, ten or even a hundred people could make. Here's a couple tips to keep your business organized:
1. Create a filling or organizational system, and stick to it. Decide where memos, contact information, office supplies, etc. should go. There's nothing worse than having multiple piles or folders for the same thing. When all of one item is in one place, it saves time, extra money and unnecessary frustration for those employees who come looking for it.
2. Even though it might cost money, invest in some sort of storage. It doesn't have to be modern or improve the office decor, but any kind of storage unit is better than nothing. Make sure that whatever storage you get is enough to hold all your current items, plus a little more.
3. Maybe your company or workplace already has storage units, but they are all over the place, unorganized and unrecognizable. Yes, it sounds redundant and unnecessary, but your organizers need organizing too. If you don't like the idea of stickers, think about metal nameplates like the ones pictured below. Metal signage can come in a variety of styles and colors to meet your needs. Also think of using an alpha-numeric code to further organize cabinets or boxes.
No, we're not talking about desks and chairs and computers. We're talking about storage. Does your office have storage lockers, boxes or cabinets? Are there rows and rows of file cabinets? Or is everything in piles, haphazardly moved off of the floor?
It's important for businesses to keep organized. Even if it's a small business, important contacts, papers and items can get lost in a shuffle, and fast. If just one person is able to make a mess, just think of how big a mess a group of five, ten or even a hundred people could make. Here's a couple tips to keep your business organized:
1. Create a filling or organizational system, and stick to it. Decide where memos, contact information, office supplies, etc. should go. There's nothing worse than having multiple piles or folders for the same thing. When all of one item is in one place, it saves time, extra money and unnecessary frustration for those employees who come looking for it.
2. Even though it might cost money, invest in some sort of storage. It doesn't have to be modern or improve the office decor, but any kind of storage unit is better than nothing. Make sure that whatever storage you get is enough to hold all your current items, plus a little more.
3. Maybe your company or workplace already has storage units, but they are all over the place, unorganized and unrecognizable. Yes, it sounds redundant and unnecessary, but your organizers need organizing too. If you don't like the idea of stickers, think about metal nameplates like the ones pictured below. Metal signage can come in a variety of styles and colors to meet your needs. Also think of using an alpha-numeric code to further organize cabinets or boxes.
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| Photo courtesy of Detroit Name Plate Etching Comapany, www.dnpe.com |
There's no 'standard' system for organizing your office. Each company or business is different and needs a different organizational plan. Whatever you choose, make sure that it's understandable and logical. Also, let fellow employees know, so that everyone can work together to keep your shared workplace organized.
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