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5 Ways Process is Killing your Productivity

Your Process can Quickly Get Out of Control

In a study of U.S. and European companies, The Boston Consulting Group found that "over the past fifteen years,

the amount of procedures, vertical layers, interface structures, coordination bodies, and decision approvals needed...has increased by anywhere from 50 percent to 350 percent." What’s more, in the most complicated organizations, "managers spend 40 percent of their time writing reports and 30 percent to 60 percent of it in coordination meetings." No wonder people feel like they can never get any real work done.

Here are five ways process can kill production:

1. - Empowering with permission but without action: It’s not empowering when people are given more responsibility, yet must still obtain an unreasonable number of approvals and sign-offs to get anything done. This signals a lack of trust.

2. - Leaders focused on process instead of people: In an effort to standardize and sanitize everything we do, nothing at work is personal anymore. Leaders look to processes, not people, to solve problems and it doesn’t work. Where’s the inspiration, the vision? This signals a lack of humanity.

3. - Overdependence on meetings: "Collaborative" and "inclusive" are corporate buzzwords, but productive teamwork does not require meetings for every single action or decision. People become overwhelmed and ineffective when they are always stuck in meetings. This signals that politics have taken precedence over productivity.

4. - Lack of (clear) vision: Great companies need a grand vision and important goals. Too often, companies have vision or mission statements laden with jargon but devoid of meaning. This signals a lack of purpose.

5. - Management acts as judge, not jury: If the purpose of a meeting is to think, create, or build, management has to stop tearing people down when they propose new ideas or question the status quo. This signals a lack of perspective and openness.

Read the full article at: fastcompany

Patty Block, President and Founder of The Block Group, established her company to advocate for women-owned businesses, helping them position their companies for strategic growth. Charting the course for impactful, sustainable, profitable businesses, the beacon is control: of your strategic direction, your money, your time, your staffing, and your ability to bring in business. The Block Group brings together the people, resources and ideas that build results.

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