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...
How to Make an Excel To Do List for Teams (free download)
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...
A Beginner’s Guide to Making a Process Library
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...
How to Systemize your Business (without killing creativity)
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...
What is ISO Certification and do I need it?
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.
5 Process Improvement Strategies for Growth
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...
Crisis or opportunity? Making the most of a quiet period in your business
Every business goes through quiet periods from time to time. But knowing this is the case does not necessarily make these periods of low demand any less worrying when they affect your business. A sudden shortfall of new enquiries, leads or sales – the very things your...
Three tips for successfully implementing process in your business
This article is part of our Process 101 guide. Your business is a success because of your hard work. You put in the long hours, made the right decisions and gave it your blood, sweat, and tears. But there comes a time when your company’s growth means that personally...
Things to think about…when hosting a webinar
Webinars are growing in popularity and it’s easy to see why…Research suggests that on average, webinars are attended by 148 people - and that accounts for about a third of the total number of people who registered. It’s a far more cost-effective way of getting in...
What is process mapping? And how does it benefit your business?
In this article we’re going to discuss what business process mapping is, what the benefits are for your organization and how to create process maps. So with no further ado… What are the activities, which if you stopped them, would make your business come to a halt?...
Making Tax Digital: a process for submitting your VAT return online
The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) in April has changed the way UK businesses submit their taxes. If your business is VAT registered and above the £85k threshold, then you must now submit your VAT return digitally via your HMRC-recognised software. MTD was...
Why sales managers should never micromanage
No-one really likes being told what to do in the workplace. Most of us don’t have a problem with being asked to do something by the boss – that’s part and parcel of working life – but having orders barked at us, or having the boss interfere in what we are doing...