Give Back Your Time to Work that Matters

Time is arguably everyone’s most valuable asset. Therefore, having to waste time is an expensive struggle.

 

According to the Harvard Business Review (HBR), a knowledge worker – a person whose job is to manage or use information – spends an average of 41 percent of their time working on low-importance, low-level cerebral tasks that are both unfulfilling and can be handled easily by others.

 

The clear solution is to delegate the responsibility or responsibilities that comprise a lot of that unproductive time; however, how do we decide which tasks are worthy of delegating? To whom to we delegate those tasks?

 

 

Worthy Tasks

When dealing with an inefficient uniform or facility services supplier, you can waste a lot of time handling missing uniforms, restocking the safety cabinet, or reconciling inaccurate invoices.

 

Examples of Tasks to Delegate

Also according to HBR, you can further organize tasks worthy of delegating into three categories of quick kills, off-load opportunities, and long-term redesign.

 

• Quick kills are tasks that can be discontinued without any major effects on your position or the business, such as replacing the air freshener in the restroom.

 

• Off-load opportunities are tasks that can be delegated easily, such as managing your uniform program or monitoring your AED machine.

 

• Long-term redesign tasks are usually processes or systems that need restructured including strategic activities, action plans that accomplish your organization’s goals, and performance measurement.

 

Getting rid of the quick kills and off-load opportunities by partnering with a uniform laundering and facility services provider will reduce your time spent on work that others can do for you, which leaves you with time to do the tasks only YOU can do.

 

Benefits of Partnering

In a study conducted by HBR, 15 executives applying principles of delegation were observed over a number of weeks. The subjects were able to cut down on desk work by six hours a week and reduce time spent in meetings by an average of two hours a week. These hours saved equate to one-fifth of an employee’s time at work; employees can save up to an entire day by practicing delegation and eliminating quick kills or off-load opportunities.

 

The CITY Solution

As a uniform launderer and facility services provider, CITY can eliminate tasks that, although vital to your business’s operation, don’t need to be completed by employees or by management. Inventory management and physically stocking products such as gloves, paper, and and soap are important tasks that can be delegated to a partner like CITY.

 

Our clients can experience peace-of-mind knowing that all uniform and PPE needs are met regarding HACCP and FSA compliance. Furthermore, your business can increase productivity with the newly found time within management and truly make hours spent at work more productive and more fulfilling.

 

CITY is a total solution provider for all of our clients, and we look forward to making your time spent more productive and fulfilling for your employees.