Every business has a multitude of processes. From onboarding staff to writing blogs, dispatching wage slips and answering customer emails, there’s a host of tasks that all contribute to how effectively a company is run. In order to manage these processes effectively,...
"Jack of all trades, master of none"It’s impossible for you to be an expert in every discipline related to your job. The same holds true for most businesses. There may be many areas where your business is high in competency, but, especially for smaller organizations,...
No matter the size of the workforce you manage or the type of business you run, employees and managers alike have a tendency to grow accustomed to old processes. They might be rigid and outdated business processes that no longer suit your organization’s workflow, ones...
Do you ever feel like there aren't enough hours in the day?You’ve spent the day working with clients and putting out fires, but haven’t been able to cross anything off your list that you actually needed to accomplish. Due dates are quickly approaching - so what do you...
Work can be complicated, especially if you’re managing a team. Not only do you need to keep track of your own work, but you need to know how current projects are progressing. Keeping yourself organized is the best way to counteract that chaos, but what’s the best way...
Organization is key to any business; without it, you risk wasting time and resources on trying to access information that should be readily available. Lost paperwork, mixed up schedules, and unorganized files can have your team working inefficiently. But how far do...
Anyone who’s spent any length of time running a business will happily trade war stories with you about all the struggles they’ve endured over the years. The challenges of running your own business are almost endless, and even the best-laid plans can quite easily go...
Business process management (BPM) is defined by Gartner as: “A discipline that uses various tools and methods to design, model, execute, monitor, and optimize business processes.” BPM can be instrumental in business transformation by coordinating all kinds of business...
What is business systemization?A common misconception about business systemizationis that it’s all about control.This isn’t the case at all; systematizing your business isn’t the same as restricting and monitoring the activities of each staff member to manage and...
You may have heard about ISO standards or seen companies displaying their certification on documentation, products, or vehicles. But what is this family of standards? What do they mean? Are they required?
In this article we will give you an insight as to what they are all about, and give you the information you need to decide for yourself. From there, we’ll give you a brief insight into what the certification process involves.
54% of senior managers in SMEs are wasting a day every week just managing process, with a further 34% wasting two days each week.There are very few businesses that wouldn’t benefit from implementing process improvement strategies in the modern business world. But...
You may not realise it, but right now there are activities happening in your business that aren’t being properly managed and you don’t have visibility of. Our recent shift to homeworking has exacerbated this, but didn’t cause it. These activities aren’t the minor...