Tuesday Tips: Office Productivity Hacks

Whether the individual or the office as a whole needs an increase in productivity, these tips can help you make changes.

• Keep accountable for the tasks that you are assigned. When you take full responsibility for a project or assignment, you will work more meticulously than if you are sharing the workload. Since you are the only one to answer for project status or success/failure, you will work cautiously and efficiently.
• Make sure that your equipment is set up to help streamline your office workflows. Setting up services like managed print can help your employees to focus on the tasks that are critical to their job duties and your bottom line.
• As a manager, it is important to follow up when you assign a task to someone else. If they do not know exactly what you are asking or what is expected of them, they may get off track and lose valuable time. When you follow up, you can keep them on track and help as needed.
• Manage your workforce without micromanaging. Give direction and keys to success without managing every decision or action.
• Encourage and motivate your employees to work better and take ownership. Reward them for their hard work and they will be more likely to invest in the company and their work.
• Reach out to your employees to make sure they have been heard and valued. Taking the time out of your schedule to listen to what your employees have to say can help you to how your office runs, how employees work and the overall success of the company.
• Change things up when they become too stale. Breaking up the monotony of office life is important for keeping people motivated and productive. Change up peoples’ tasks or rotate projects so that no one ends up doing the same thing day in and day out. This can help everyone learn more and have a better understanding of the organization as a whole.

Read more from TweakYourBiz.com for more suggestions on how to make your office (and employees) more productive.