5 Ways that Employee Monitoring Can Improve Efficiency
Efficiency is important to any business. The more efficient your workflow, business processes and employees – the more you’ll be able to free up time and resources that can be spent elsewhere.
Employee monitoring can actually play a big role on this front. In fact right here and now we’re going to look at 5 ways that you can use it to improve efficiency.
- Pinpoint unproductive behavior patterns
Start by using employee monitoring software such as Controlio to identify unproductive behavior. Because the software can track employee activities you can check if they are wasting time browsing the internet, watching YouTube videos, checking social media, or unnecessarily multitasking.
Reducing unproductive behavior can boost efficiency. Just try not to be too controlling, and only target behavior that is excessive so employees feel you don’t trust them.
- Optimize workflows and business processes
Within Controlio you will be able to see a breakdown of how employees spend their work hours – including time they spend active or idle, and what apps they use. Because of this you can check for any inefficiencies in your current workflows and business processes that are causing bottlenecks and take action to streamline them.
- Identify training opportunities
Sometimes employees may be inefficient because they require additional training. The data in Controlio can help indicate if this is the case by comparing the efficiency of employees and checking up on those that seem to be falling behind.
In some cases the data may also show that employees are not utilizing certain apps or tools the way that they should be – and that may indicate that they require a fresher course of some kind.
- Provide accurate performance feedback
If you want you can give employees access to their own data in Controlio. This will let them see firsthand what their performance looks like, and can help them to better understand the areas that need improvement.
It can also allow employees to track their own progress after they take steps to improve their efficiency. If and when you meet with employees to discuss their performance, it can act as a basis for an open dialogue.
- Optimize task allocation
By keeping track of areas how much time employees spend on tasks, you can identify how efficiently each employee performs particular types of tasks. That data can then be used to optimize your task allocation by assigning tasks based on the types that employees excel at.
It should be noted that you aren’t going to be able to improve the efficiency of your employees (and business as a whole) overnight. However the sooner you start to take action, the quicker you’ll be able to see results.
By improving efficiency across the board, you will have greater flexibility to wield the resources at your disposal and allocate them in your businesses’ best interests. More importantly, you should see a dramatic improvement in the bottom line as your business will be able to produce high quality outcomes on a more consistent basis.