Speed Company's Productivity By Blocking Social Media

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Of course you want your company to move faster, to product faster, to achieve goals faster. But are any of the hype ways really viable options? What I mean is, there are some theories out there on speeding up your company’s production that may or may not be options for you. For the record, at Check Issuing, we just try to do things as right and quality as possible! But hey, we get things done fast also, so…..

One of the keys to speeding up production is retooling how employees spend their time. If you are in an office, you have the option to ban sites such as Facebook and Twitter and even TMZ so that employees don’t end up getting lost in a world of total time drag. This, in theory, will free them up to work on company agendas which in turn should create more production. But does it really? The answer is probably, I mean, I think we all know that it’s really easy to get caught up in Facebook and suddenly 20 minutes is gone even though you never intended that. Social Media is addicting. The nature of restricting it, however, could create an environment that seems more like a prison than an office and it might make it seem employees aren’t trusted. It’s a fine line, obviously, between the two. For good measure, a starting point really is trying to speed up production by setting goals and monitoring output more closely first. But really, it’s all in what works for each company and no one way is the wrong way.

Do you watch videos? Do your employees have to watch videos for training purposes? If watching videos is a part of your job’s curriculum, then you might want to look into speeding up the videos. For example, most players, including Youtube, have a way to speed the video up to, for example, 1.5 times the speed. This is still very easy to understand, it just moves faster and there is less time waste involved in the day. Of course, if you or your employees aren’t comprehending the subject, this may not be a great idea.

Speed reading. I’m not a fan at all, but some swear by it. There are several speed reading methods, you can find them all here. Personally I find that I lose too much of what’s important when I attempt speed reading. But it’s worth looking into.

Hopefully this article helped and didn’t take you TOO long to read!