{"id":1263,"date":"2020-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericaleeconsulting.com\/reports\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:59:22","slug":"reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardbusinessmechanics.com\/staging\/4922\/reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Erica gives some tips for getting the report-writing processes in your company working for you.<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

R E P O R T S ! They are a fact of working life for most of us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(They are also the butt of pop culture jokes: remember “TPS Reports” from the classic 1999 movie Office Space? If you’re too young to remember that movie, go look it up on Netflix now. Hilarious!)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Reports are synonymous with the working grind.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It’s tedious, never-ending work that doesn’t really matter (or at least it feels that way). Basically it’s the opposite of the experience we all want!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here’s a crazy idea: Creating reports is *NOT* your job! (even if it is, you know, included in your job description).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Let me put it another way: Reports in themselves do not drive results. Responding to them and taking meaningful action based on reading them does.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I’ve seen reports kill a LOT of time and energy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Yet we are so accustomed to heavy reporting requirements that we rarely realize or question their necessity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here’s my very strong hunch, based on my experience: within your company’s reporting requirements there ARE opportunities to improve, streamline, save time and energy!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Check the video for a few ideas of mine and share your own! Let’s get out from under the grind that is reporting!<\/p>\r\n