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Four ways SME owners can achieve work-life balance with technology
Running a company takes a lot of time, especially when the business is growing. Many entrepreneurs find themselves absorbed in the day-to-day needs of their company, but finding a good work-life balance is important for business success.
Juggling work and personal life can be difficult for many small and medium enterprise (SME) owners. However, it's not an impossible task. And managing work-life balance is critical to business success.
Outsource and delegate
As an SME owner, it may seem like a great idea initially to take responsibility for every single task, especially when your business is growing. It’s important to realise that delegating some tasks can help in efficiently managing your business. You might be surprised at how affordable it can be to outsource certain job functions - even your own.
Team collaboration software like Asana or Confluence allow you to take on a supervisor role. You can assign tasks, your employees can easily collaborate and you can monitor performance. This gives you more time to do focus on tasks critical to business growth.
Use technology to increase productivity
Your business success will come down to how productive you are. Make use of all the available tools which save you time and resources.
There are solutions designed for SMEs to manage key business functions, for example:
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creating, sending and logging endorsed quotations using Essentials Invoices
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Essentials Workflow for managing and approving staff leave and claims with just a few clicks anytime, anywhere and automatically.
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Manage and issue itemised payslips using Essentials Payslip and email them to staff.
Each one of these tools can save you hours each month. These are hours that you can put back into your business.
Increase collaboration on the go
Keep everyone’s calendars and documents in sync with web-based office solutions like ONEOffice. It has email, calendar, documents and other functions to easily collaborate, communicate and store in the cloud.
Schedule ‘me time’
Taking care of yourself is very important. It’s simple: if you neglect yourself, you neglect your business. Make sure you get enough sleep and schedule time for activities that help you to relax. Spend time with family and friends. After all they’re the ones keeping you sane during busy times.
Juggling work and personal life isn’t an impossible task. Here four tips for maintaining balance:
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Outsource and delegate. You might be surprised at how affordable it can be to outsource certain job functions, so you have more time to do things that are critical to your businesses.
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Use technology to increase productivity. Your business success will come down to how productive you are. Make use of any technology that saves time and resources.
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Increase collaboration on the go. Keep everyone’s calendars and documents in sync.
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Schedule ‘me time’. Taking care of yourself is very important. If you neglect yourself, you neglect your business.