Imagine that you wake up in the morning, enjoy your coffee, read newspapers and go... to the cafe. But it is a weekday, right? So what is wrong? The fact that it is 9 o'clock in the morning and you still are not sitting at work at your desk or in a meeting? And what if the daily work merry-go-round in the office can run without you and you still can do your share of the work? Make yourself comfortable and read the following findings prepared by the Business 2 Community website.
Maybe this sounds like a fantasy. Your team cannot work without you being physically present. You need to attend regular meetings. You must be in the office due to the big responsibility you have... Stop. Cease think like this and start working every Friday from now on outside the workplace; anywhere, just not in your office. It does not matter much where you work but what it can bring you...
You will do more
This cannot be applied to everyone, but there are certainly many people who feel rather distracted in a busy working office environment. As a first step, check that you have enough self-motivation and you are the type for the home office. If so, you will soon discover that your team can do without you for a day and and you will do a lot more work.
You will discover obstacles
If your phone, email or Skype bother you, even when you are out of the office. Find out why this is. Maybe your team does not have sufficient competency to decide certain matters. Set up processes in order to perform partial steps even without your presence. Do you need to check the contract or the offer before it is sent to the client? What if you create a checklist and someone else takes control of the process?
You will gain time for your projects
Once you get rid of unnecessary steps, you can finally pay attention to growing your business, not just controlling it. Everything may not run exactly 100% in the same way as if you were in the office. However, you will not lose 90% your clients, will you?
You will learn to plan ahead and delegate work
If you know in advance that on Friday (or any other day) you will not be in the office, you need to make sure that everyone knows what has to be done that day. As a result, you learn to better plan and delegate work to your employees. That is worth considering, right?
Do you work in a similar mode? What are your experiences?
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