Increase your productivity & choke out waste with 3 easy methods.

1. Performance Tip
3 Ways to Increase Productivity
All organizations are slowed down by unnecessary behaviors that impede
productivity. Here are 3 ways to become more productive:
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Pick up the phone. An email chain can be a useful reference, but it
frequently takes more time to write an email than to have a conversation.
Conversations can get your questions answered immediately and prevent
future back-and-forth messages.
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Encourage streamlining. Ask your employees: What meetings can we
eliminate? What reports can we stop doing? What steps in a process can
be removed? Let your team know that their suggestions won’t be taken
as complaints but as creative ideas for improving productivity.
• Stop reviewing low-impact work. It’s wise to thoroughly review documents being sent to potential clients, but not all work
products are mission-critical. Tell your team that it’s their responsibility to ensure their own quality control — and that you
trust them to do a great job.
Adapted from “To Simplify, First Clear the Underbrush,” by Ron Ashkenas and Lisa Bodell.