Okay, so it's been exactly seven days since I posted anything. However, one of my close friends took that "long" window of time as an opportunity to harass me about it. : ) Thanks, Mike. Today's post is dedicated to you...though not about you.
One of the things I have seen with too many clients is that there are too many people doing small jobs, rather than a few people responsible for more - at least in one particular arena of a company. The collection of these people at various companies waste far too much time deliberating ideas and directions to go with various projects. Others are just simply responsible for one small part of a bigger issue. These people have been hired by superiors who, in all reality, are also likely only responsible for one small part of that organization. My recommendation is to get more efficient with simply making decisions (that means making them). Man-hours wasted will decrease and (gasp!) profitability will go up. Go figure.
Here's a thought. How long should it take for an organization to cut a check? One of my clients was to have paid their bill by the end of May. Today is the 24th of June. They are a large organization, but they are stuck in the mud as far as having any sort of efficiency with getting checks cut. There is a lot of red-tape that exists at this particular organization. One person is responsible for approving purchase orders (even though the person who spent it...has already spent it and now owes the money - and is already authorized to spend the money that is in their budget), while another is responsible for actually cutting the check. To date, we still haven't received the check. This is the first one from this client. You'll notice no links on this post so as to not embarrass the client.
What would you do with this situation?
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