Take a deep breathe… ok… you have officially done all the relaxing you can do for ahead of an operational review of your business processes… just kidding.. these are just some basic tips to get you started.
Yesterday, I mentioned that it can often be a good idea to take a step back and really examine if your business is as efficient as it could be. Often, we are creatures of habit and can get stuck in a rut. Today is a day to break out!
Step 1) Don’t take on more than is necessary. Rather than attempt to review your entire business in one shot, just start with a small component that you think could be better. Sometimes, fixing one item can lead to a multitude of benefits.
When God sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins, His primary goal was to reconstruct an antiquated process of animal sacrifice, and streamline the forgiveness process. However, in addition to a streamlines forgiveness process, Christ’s death and resurrection also gave peace with God (Romans 5:1), access to God by faith in His Son (Romans 5:2), joy in spite of our troubles (Romans 5:3), and The Holy Spirit as a guide (Romans 5:5)
Step 2) Document the current process. Grab a paper and a pen and begin writing down everything you do from beginning to end of the process
To get an idea of the process of forgiveness before Christ died on the cross and resurrected, check out Leviticus 16. It is quite a detailed list of steps to completion of the sacrificial process. After looking at this list of steps you will be even more thankful for Christ’s sacrifice and new process of simply asking for forgiveness in His name.
Step 3) Get a second review of the steps. Have your colleagues, employees and/or a third party vendor document their steps, so you have a better handle on the overall company framework being used.
After you and your colleagues have written down each step in a workflow, we will review the list and categorize each step. So, start working on that list, because tomorrow we will review the best way to categorize each step in your workflow as Strategic, Tactical, or Redundant. Once you learn how to properly categorize the steps you are taking, it will be much easier to clean up your workflow and re-architect the process.
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