With just a couple of weeks into the new year, it’s still the perfect time to think about how to map out your business’s success over the course of 2021. Since the last year presented business owners with a slew of challenges, it’s more important than ever to implement sensible and effective solutions to organize your resources, motivate your team, and help your business thrive. Today, we’re going over some of the most important steps you can take to set your team and your company up for success this year. Let’s dive into it.

Flip the Script on Quarterly Evaluations

It’s not uncommon for businesses to hold periodic evaluations with their employees. Whether this is something you do once, twice, or four times a year, make sure you’re taking advantage of regular evaluations to keep the lines of communication with your employees. Evaluations are important, because they help you to outline exactly how your team members can improve, grow, and meet their career goals with your company. Fortify your evaluations by documenting the performance of each team member weekly through KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that help you give an objective evaluation of their productivity through measurable parameters that you can come back to all year.

Here’s the thing: periodic evaluations aren’t just a great way for you to give your team feedback. They’re an amazing opportunity to hear directly from your employees about how your business can improve. Are there procedures that could be made more efficient? Key tools or equipment pieces that would make work easier and faster for your team? Ask your employees questions about what they need regularly, in an organized, one-on-one setting. This will make them feel heard and appreciated, and it’ll allow you to make important optimizations to your business that you may not have considered otherwise.

Get the Best Organization Tools

Setting your business up for long-term growth, both internally and with customer acquisition, hinges almost entirely on organization. With more automated tools, high-functioning software, and sophisticated equipment out there than ever before, it’s never been easier to streamline your procedures and make the most of your organization. If your accounting, inventory, team evaluations, time tracking, internal deadlines, PTO requests, customer databases, and any other administrative trackers aren’t already completely digital and backed up, this is the year to make that transition. If they are already digital, are they as organized as they could be? Look into industry-specific software that’s especially designed to help businesses in your industry stay organized. Take advantage of the specificity that these programs and software provide for your industry so that searching customers, organizing documents, tracking internal productivity, and managing your team becomes easier than ever.

Here’s the thing: periodic evaluations aren’t just a great way for you to give your team feedback. They’re an amazing opportunity to hear directly from your employees about how your business can improve. Are there procedures that could be made more efficient? Key tools or equipment pieces that would make work easier and faster for your team? Ask your employees questions about what they need regularly, in an organized, one-on-one setting. This will make them feel heard and appreciated, and it’ll allow you to make important optimizations to your business that you may not have considered otherwise.

Stay Safe and Productive No Matter What

It may sound obvious, but this is a surprisingly under-used tip: the best way to guarantee your team’s productivity is to take precautions against productivity blockers. Ensure that your office WiFi connection, for example, is strong and stable. Use conference call software that all of your team members can access and use easily to avoid meeting delays and cancellations.

On top of that, don’t forget the biggest productivity blocker that Florida’s business owners can face: hurricanes and power outages. With Florida’s summer-long thunderstorms and fall hurricanes, taking precautions against power outages is a necessary step to running a productive business. Those precautions start with investing in a powerful generator for your business. Keep your team members safe, organized, and productive through any storm, outage, or obstacle. A generator won’t just be an effective productivity tool in the wake of a storm; it also shows your team that you care about keeping them safe, and that you’ve made investments and taken precautions for the sake of their safety.

By implementing these 2021 productivity tips into your business, you will be well set up to motivate your team and drive growth this year. To get started on making the most of your productivity tools, invest in a quality generator. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us to learn more and to get a free quote on your generator installation.

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