How to Get More Work Done Without Hiring More Staff
When business gets busy, hiring feels like the obvious answer. Sometimes it is. But sometimes the team is busy because the process is bad.
When business gets busy, hiring feels like the obvious answer. Sometimes it is. But sometimes the team is busy because the process is bad.
Measure where time goes
Before adding headcount, look at the work.
Check
- Manual reports
- Duplicate entry
- Unnecessary meetings
- Slow approvals
- Searching for information
Give people better tools
Good staff can still be slow if the system around them is messy.
Improve
- Templates
- Shared information
- Clear task ownership
- Faster approval
Protect focused time
Constant WhatsApp messages and interruptions make simple work take longer.
Try
- Set reporting times
- Use task lists
- Group questions
- Reduce unnecessary meetings
My view
Productivity is not squeezing more work out of people. It is removing the things that make good staff waste time.
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Lucian Yong
Business owner and freelance web designer in Puchong. I write simple, practical things for Malaysian business owners.
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