Boost Business Productivity with these Tips

Here are 5 ways to boost business productivity:

1. Get rid of clutter, and take care of your workplace environment

The most straightforward way is to tidy up the office space.

Studies have demonstrated that our physical environment has a significant effect on the way that we work, think and behave. When the environment is in a mess, so are we.

Clutter can also affect general mental health, stirring feelings of stress, anxiety, or depression. In a clutter-free environment, people are able to focus better and their productivity increases.

Very often, office desks are littered with tons of paper — invoices, physical receipts from transport, claims… the list goes on. Not just that, an organised space also makes it easier for you to find the documents that you actually need.

What are you waiting for? Say goodbye to digging through piles of junk — time to clean up!

2. Eliminate unnecessary processes to streamline your business

Unnecessary administrative work? Let’s be real, it most definitely does not spark joy!

A study has shown that managers in corporate environments spend almost two days every week on unnecessary administrative tasks that are not core to their jobs. As we all know, time is money. And that is a lot of time being wasted.

Administrative work like filing and tracking transport claims may be unavoidable for some companies but luckily, we live in the 21st century where tech solutions are aplenty. Many businesses have turned to cloud platforms to manage operations such as invoicing or even transport claims.

Utilising a business transport platform like Rapido Corporate allows companies to better oversee their transport budget, handle trip policies and billing options all in one place. With no more filing of physical receipts or forms, the amount of time needed to sort this out is drastically reduced.

Your managers now have time to do the actual work they’ve been hired to do.

3. Get rid of paper documents, go digital!

It’s time for businesses to do away with unnecessary things… like paper. It should come as no surprise that this is actually related to the two solutions mentioned above.

Firstly, going paperless eliminates a need for paper storage. You won’t have loose documents lying around messily if you don’t use paper.

Next, no paper means no paperwork. Digital solutions are easy to use: switching to e-invoices, notices and receipts frees up the time used to print, mail, and fill them out — time that could be used more productively elsewhere. Rapido Corporate allows HR to easily track employees’ transport expenses without having to sieve through physical claims.

More than that, digitisation also makes it very easy for your employees to access and retrieve the necessary documents even if they are not in the office.

Climate change is real. Go digital. Save your productivity and some trees.

4. Remove hierarchical barriers to improve communications

Ensure that your employees feel heard at work.

When an employee feels heard, that person is almost 5 times more likely to feel empowered to perform their best.

Getting rid of hierarchical barriers between the management and staff can go a long way in facilitating meaningful dialogue. Good communication between management and employees leads to lower levels of labour turnover.

To boost productivity among your employees, those in managerial positions (including you!) should welcome all kinds of feedback and stay committed to making changes to improve things.

5. Say goodbye to rigidity, and hello to scheduling flexibility

You know what sparks joy? Work schedule flexibility. You know what work schedule flexibility sparks? Productivity.

Employees who work from home are much happier and more productive than their office worker peers. The freedom to organise their own schedules lets your employees factor in time to manage their family commitments too. All these contribute to a better work-life balance.

To be specific, it’s the freedom of choice to manage their own work lives (rather than being micromanaged) that helps improve employee satisfaction, mental health and by extension, productivity.

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