Effective Collaborative Work Management for a Thriving Business

Apart from the fact that automating processes can be complex, process automation centralizes information and reduces the need for human intervention while performing a task. It shortens manual tasks and makes them easier. It also increases delivery speed, reduces costs, minimizes errors, simplifies the process, and increases quality. 

A business process can be described as a set of activities that help an organization achieve a particular goal. To create a properly automated process, you need automation software tools, people, and of course, processes.  But it is not as simple as it seems and sometimes, with so many options, automating those processes can feel very overwhelming.

How do you solve that problem?

The need for dynamic collaboration

Automation at its core requires software, people, and processes. When implementing automation, either in your own practice or for your clients, communication is critical. Unfortunately, effective communication is made more difficult both by globalization and increasing numbers of remote workers and businesses.

In fact, these challenges have created a greater need than ever for dynamic collaborations among organizations. The business processes of your firm and your clients' businesses are correspondingly required to be integrated seamlessly to adapt to the continuously changing business conditions and to stay competitive in the global market.

What we know for sure is that collaboration comes naturally to humans. We have an instinctive grasp of the ways that collaboration can improve the outcomes of our efforts, and we understand that bringing people with different experiences, skills, temperaments, and knowledge together in pursuit of a common goal produces a better result in almost all circumstances.

In a business-client setting, the same principle applies. In fact, a significant component of our working lives is predicated on how effective we are at managing our interactions and collaborating with our clients and our teammates.

The number of web-based collaborative project and document management tools is a testament to the fact that people are looking for simple, usable ways to bring structure to their organization, improve project management, provide better service to clients, and operate more effectively as a team.

The connection between collaboration and process

What some of the collaborative project management software misses, however, is the capacity to take collaboration a step further. Many collaboration software solutions fail to allow employees and clients to work collaboratively to define the underlying processes that drive their day-to-day work. So, we must do our research and find those tools that will allow us to thrive in our own businesses and with our clients. 

By now, most modern businesses understand the benefits of effective business process and document management, in terms of increasing productivity and reducing costs. However, most modern businesses are also managing challenges like extensive and potential security breaches, a wide variety of customers and markets without technological knowledge, and mismatched processes across different business units or business locations.

The difficulty of knowing where to start can sometimes be overpowering, especially when facing these additional challenges:

1. No process defined by management

2. Lack of control

3. The communication gap between strategic and technical levels

4. Bad communication around the processes

5. Lack of integration and collaboration

Overcoming these challenges

Come and join me at Scaling New Heights (June 19-22, Orlando) to learn the three specific components that make up an effective collaborative work management process and the tools that make a difference in a thriving business.