Streamline Processes

STREAMLINE YOUR BUSINESS

Busy all day.
Where does the time go?

Your people are busy. Your business is working.

But small tasks, interruptions and repeated admin can quietly consume hours.

Before adding more people, more systems or more technology — understand where the time goes.

Follow the working day

Understand first. Recommend second.

GROWTH AND CAPACITY

What happens when a growing business runs out of time?

Follow one successful 15-person estate agency as growing demand gradually puts more pressure on the people already keeping the business moving.

01 / 07

Owner of a successful independent estate agency standing in her busy office

01 THE BUSINESS

10 years of building.

01 THE BUSINESS

10 years of building.

15 employees. An established estate agency. A growing customer base and a team that knows how to get things done.

Business is good — and still growing.

Busy estate agency employee handling a customer telephone enquiry

02 THE GROWTH

More business. More work.

02 THE GROWTH

More business. More work.

More enquiries are coming in. More customers need looking after. More appointments, updates and follow-ups need handling.

Growth is good. But every new customer creates more work.

Estate agency employee trying to get the attention of the business owner while she is already helping someone else

03 THE BOTTLENECK

Everyone needs a quick answer.

03 THE BOTTLENECK

Everyone needs a quick answer.

A decision here. A question there. Something needs checking before the team can move forward.

Small interruptions can quietly turn the manager into the bottleneck.

Business owner in a meeting looking through the glass at her extremely busy team

04 THE QUESTION

Do we need another person?

04 THE QUESTION

Do we need another person?

Looking across the office, everyone already seems busy. And the business is still growing.

If more work keeps coming in, where will the extra capacity come from?

Business owner helping her estate agency team cover the workload of an absent employee

05 THE ABSENCE

Then someone isn't there.

05 THE ABSENCE

Then someone isn't there.

Someone is off. Their work hasn't disappeared. The team absorbs what it can and the manager steps in to cover the rest.

Now the person running the business is helping to keep today's work moving.

Estate agency team under increased pressure after a colleague has left the business

06 THE PRESSURE

Then someone leaves.

06 THE PRESSURE

Then someone leaves.

Their workload gets divided between people who were already busy. Pressure rises, patience gets shorter and frustrations appear.

The manager spends even more time managing the pressure instead of the business.

Business owner and her team mapping how work moves through the business on a whiteboard

07 BACK TO BASICS

Now something has to change.

07 BACK TO BASICS

Time to go back to basics.

Stop firefighting for a moment. Put the business on the whiteboard and understand how the work actually gets done.

Change is much harder when you're forced to make it under pressure.

THE BUSINESS CASE

Don't leave it too late. It's easier to change how your business works before circumstances force you to.

Discussion about people, technology and creating value

A SIMPLE QUESTION

What would change if your team could get even an hour back each day?

Not because they worked longer.

Because fewer repetitive tasks needed doing. Information was easier to find. Routine enquiries had already been qualified.

People weren't constantly stopping to chase, copy, re-enter or check things that could have happened another way.

WHERE COULD THAT TIME GO INSTEAD?

Customers Better conversations Problem solving Building relationships

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Think about the last time you had poor service at a restaurant.

Did you complain?

Or did you just never go back?

Businesses don't hear about every poor customer experience. Sometimes they simply lose the repeat business.

PEOPLE FIRST

Give people back time. Because the way customers are treated often determines whether they return.

More capacity More customer time Better customer experience

SEE WHERE YOUR BUSINESS STANDS

Could your business do more with the people you already have?

You don't need to know which technology might help. Start with what happens in the business today.

Could your existing team handle more business?

What regularly consumes people's time?

Do customers reach the right person first time?

What happens when that person isn't available?

We're looking for where capacity may already exist — not assuming you need new technology.

Question 1 of 4

01 — GROWTH & CAPACITY

If your business won 20% more work next month, could your existing team handle it comfortably?

02 — WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

Which of these regularly take up your team's time?

Select everything that applies.

03 — CUSTOMER JOURNEY

Do your customers get through to the right person, first time, every time?

04 — PEOPLE & RESILIENCE

What happens to your customers when the person they need isn't available?

YOUR NEXT STEP

Let's look at where your capacity could come from.

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The answer might be a process change, better use of something you already have, technology — or nothing at all.

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Streamline Processes

Busy all day.
Where does the time go?

What happens when a growing business runs out of time?

10 years of building.

10 years of building.

More business. More work.

More business. More work.

Everyone needs a quick answer.

Everyone needs a quick answer.

Do we need another person?

Do we need another person?

Then someone isn't there.

Then someone isn't there.

Then someone leaves.

Then someone leaves.

Now something has to change.

Time to go back to basics.

What could your team do with more time?

What would change if your team could get even an hour back each day?

Think about the last time you had poor service at a restaurant.

Give people back time. Because the way customers are treated often determines whether they return.

Could your business do more with the people you already have?

If your business won 20% more work next month, could your existing team handle it comfortably?

Which of these regularly take up your team's time?

Do your customers get through to the right person, first time, every time?

What happens to your customers when the person they need isn't available?

Could there be more capacity in your business?

Let's look at where your capacity could come from.

We've got your details and your answers.

Would you find this useful?

What would you do with 100 more IQ points?

What might interest you?

Click anything that's relevant to you.

Register your interest.

I've registered your interest.

Streamline Processes

Busy all day. Where does the time go?

What happens when a growing business runs out of time?

10 years of building.

10 years of building.

More business. More work.

More business. More work.

Everyone needs a quick answer.

Everyone needs a quick answer.

Do we need another person?

Do we need another person?

Then someone isn't there.

Then someone isn't there.

Then someone leaves.

Then someone leaves.

Now something has to change.

Time to go back to basics.

What would change if your team could get even an hour back each day?

Think about the last time you had poor service at a restaurant.

Give people back time. Because the way customers are treated often determines whether they return.

Could your business do more with the people you already have?

If your business won 20% more work next month, could your existing team handle it comfortably?

Which of these regularly take up your team's time?

Do your customers get through to the right person, first time, every time?

What happens to your customers when the person they need isn't available?

Could there be more capacity in your business?

Let's look at where your capacity could come from.

We've got your details and your answers.

Would you find this useful?

What would you do with 100 more IQ points?

What might interest you?

Click anything that's relevant to you.

Register your interest.

I've registered your interest.

Busy all day.
Where does the time go?