Success is in Process

Improving the process of your job will compliment the success of your business. Have you ever been frustrated from countless engagements with management in order to get something approved? If you answered “yes”, then you understand that there must be a more efficient process and selection criteria for accomplishing ones job. The Six Sigma practice has been adopted by various companies encouraging employees to adopt a new process for achieving their goals. As methodological as this may be, the main idea here is to debrief your job each quarter and reflect back as to what worked and what didn’t.

In order to enhance the process, you must see fault or failure in the previous process. Start by writing down the steps you had to take in order to accomplish your task, including channel of communication and time allotment. Next, put these in order and then subtract steps that either overlapped or weren’t crucial in the final product. Once you have your final listing, set up a meeting with your manager and review the new process and then implement it in the following quarter. In the aftermath, you should compare results from quarter to quarter, to constantly improve productivity. Saying this, I believe that if you follow this guide, you will not only be a better worker, but it will allow you to diversify yourself in other areas of the business because of an increase in free time. Concurrently improving processes, enhances your status and cuts both costs and time.

Picture of Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel is the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm. He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success (St. Martin’s Press) and the #1 international bestselling book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future (Kaplan Publishing), which combined have been translated into 15 languages.

TRENDING AROUND THE WEB

The childhood of the 60s and 70s had its own music: lawn mowers, ice cream trucks, transistor radios, bicycle spokes, and parents calling names into the evening

The childhood of the 60s and 70s had its own music: lawn mowers, ice cream trucks, transistor radios, bicycle spokes, and parents calling names into the evening

The Vessel

People raised in the 60s and 70s didn’t need a notification to know where their friends were — they just followed the sound of bicycles, screen doors, and someone’s mother calling from the porch

People raised in the 60s and 70s didn’t need a notification to know where their friends were — they just followed the sound of bicycles, screen doors, and someone’s mother calling from the porch

The Blog Herald

Neuroscientists studying silence found that noise degrades the brain in ways writers have always felt but never had a word for — and the mechanism is more specific than anyone expected

Neuroscientists studying silence found that noise degrades the brain in ways writers have always felt but never had a word for — and the mechanism is more specific than anyone expected

The Blog Herald

53% of Gen Z say becoming a creator is a viable career and the industry that used to mock that idea is now paying attention

53% of Gen Z say becoming a creator is a viable career and the industry that used to mock that idea is now paying attention

The Blog Herald

A 16-year study of 373 couples found whether they fought in year one made no difference to whether they divorced. What predicted it was something researchers had to watch very carefully to see.

A 16-year study of 373 couples found whether they fought in year one made no difference to whether they divorced. What predicted it was something researchers had to watch very carefully to see.

The Vessel

Edison Research finds podcasts now reach 58% of Americans monthly — which helps explain why Vox’s podcast network was worth acquiring at all

Edison Research finds podcasts now reach 58% of Americans monthly — which helps explain why Vox’s podcast network was worth acquiring at all

The Blog Herald