Austin Rotter Gives His Tips for Ridding Your Business Schedule of Inefficiencies
Austin Rotter shares his tips as a business and leadership expert on fixing your business schedule.
Unfortunately, many businesses utilize scheduling approaches that are rife with inefficient practices. If these inefficient processes are not working correctly, they could lead to customers leaving your company and missing out on profits. Fortunately, there are several ways to improve the efficiency of your scheduling system.
Condense Your Calendars
If you can’t keep track of your calendar entries simultaneously, you are more prone to creating conflict. This could lead to an embarrassing situation and even cause you to cancel a meeting. It’s unprofessional to schedule an appointment with a client simultaneously with a doctor’s visit.
Scheduling software that can combine multiple calendars in one place can help minimize conflicts and make your processes more efficient. You can use software that automatically splits your calendar into numerous sections to keep track of appointments, meetings, and employee shifts.
Adequate Staffing
Having a healthy pool of employees is also the best way to ensure that you can attract and retain the best talent. Before you start hiring, make sure that you thoroughly weed out the bad applicants.
After you have the right team in place, you must take the necessary steps to retain them. One of the most effective ways to improve employee retention is by implementing regular pay raises and other perks. Besides these, you should also support the well-being of your team members by providing them with various perks and incentives.
Develop a Culture of Care
One of the most essential factors you should consider when it comes to improving the efficiency of your company is ensuring that your team members are well-rested. Having the proper amount of rest can help them perform at their best.
You can prevent overworking your employees by establishing a culture of care at work. In addition to providing your team members with various perks and incentives, you should also support their well-being by letting them know that you care about them.
Scheduling Software
Today, there is a wide range of online scheduling software that can help businesses manage their schedules. These tools are easy to use and versatile enough to allow you to avoid double booking. They also allow you to merge multiple calendars to see your engagements at once. Some of the scheduling software you can use also comes with analytics, which can help you track the time you spend with your most profitable clients.
ABOUT AUSTIN ROTTER
One aspect of mentorship that can be incredibly beneficial is seeing a respected industry professional take the time and effort to prioritize a healthy work-life balance. When building a career, it can be all too easy to fall into a pattern of burning the candle at both ends; as an entrepreneur, Austin Rotter knows just how important it is to find that balance in order to avoid burnout and maintain one’s mental health.
To balance out his busy work life, keep him grounded, and remind him why he works as hard as he does, Austin has a loving wife, a wonderful child, and a great dog by his side in all matters of life. Together, they enjoy imbibing the local culture of New Jersey and New York, taking in the incredible cuisines and sites, and passing the time with one another.
A New York-based sports fan, Austin enjoys baseball, football, basketball, and hockey the most, rooting for the Mets, the Jets, the Knicks, and the Rangers, respectively. That being said, he’ll cheer on any team from New York, no matter the sport.
Learn more about the impacts of leadership and mentorship by visiting Austin Rotter’s blog page, and don’t forget to visit his sites on professionalism, entrepreneurship, and technology for even more insight from Austin!
About the Creator
Austin Rotter
Austin Rotter is a Public Relations executive living in Hoboken, New Jersey, who operates professionally out of New York. Austin's particular skills lie in media strategy, media relations, and branding businesses.
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