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The D-O-C-E Method of Productivity Improvement
Published 6 November 8 2:35 PM | Aaron
If there’s one way to improve your organization’s productivity, it’s by streamlining your organization’s operations using processes . Processes help businesses eliminate key HR issues and boost productivity by introducing standard methods for completing...
Can You Increase Sales in the Face of Recession?
Published 31 October 8 7:22 AM | Aaron
The first instinct of many businesses in the face of recession is to go into the crouch position and start cutting costs immediately. Cutting costs is certainly one strategy to help maintain a healthy bottom line, but shouldn’t you and every other...
Three Examples of How Processes Improved Our Operations
Published 21 August 8 4:32 AM | Aaron
In this screencast I quickly review what we've covered in August with respect to business processes, i.e. why businesses need processes , the key employee problem , and so forth. But the real core of this presentation are the three examples of how we...
What Happens if Brian Leaves? The Key Employee Problem.
Published 19 August 8 9:0 AM | Aaron
Brian is great at what he does. Brian is your controller—he manages all of the accounting for your small business. He keeps all of the company's expenses properly documented, finds all of the tax deductions, manages payroll, pays all the bills,...
How to Capture Business Processes
Published 12 August 8 4:30 AM | Aaron
Last week I wrote about what businesses need in order to grow without the growing pains . In those posts, I talked about the benefits of using processes to avoid unnecessary overhead (reinventing the wheel) and to accommodate growth. Business processes...
Why Businesses Need Processes
Published 8 August 8 11:34 AM | Aaron
Processes are essential to preparing your organization for growth - no large organizations would exist without them, and there's no reason why your small organization shouldn't convert all of its work into processes. Your work should consist of processes...
Growing Your Business without Growing Pains
Published 5 August 8 3:33 PM | Aaron
Every small business owner, every entrepreneur who's ever taken the plunge to launch his own startup, and every entrepreneurial hopeful has dreamed of reaching that day when his or her business finally "takes off." It's that day when you finally start...
Is Your Work a Process? Here’s Why It Should Be
Published 28 April 8 4:23 PM | Aaron
Is your work a process? Every day, what do you do? Do you have routine assignments that you need to perform? If you do, then your work should be a process. A "Business Process" is a way of automating all of the routines that occur in your work ; it defines...