Owning and running a business can be rewarding and stressful all at the same time. From getting the perfect website to making sure your employees are working to their full potential. One key to getting better results is to concentrate on improving efficiency. Here are three ways you can avoid wasting time, and improve team efficiency levels at the same time:
- Start with the most difficult tasks
It is always tempting to start a new project by doing the easy tasks first. This approach can be a mistake. Putting off the more difficult tasks until later can make progress even more difficult as you go along – especially when other tasks are dependent on them. Doing tasks in needed order will save you time in the end. - Use the “touch it once” principle.
Whenever you receive a new assignment, action item, web design project, or a piece of important information, either act on it immediately or schedule it for action at a precise time. Send insignificant items it to the trash so you won’t waste time reviewing them again. This principle is a time saver in more ways than one. - Create a library of files
Start off a project in an organized manner. In fairness to your team, keep the most used design resources in a single place or folder from which they can easily be accessed. Time spent in storing information in logically-named files will pay dividends by avoiding unnecessary amounts of search time down the road.
Following the first two tips may take some getting used to, but once you get in the habit of doing so, you will find your work will flow more smoothly. When you create your library of files, spend a little extra time on naming conventions. You will find it is time well spent.
