Do you have a team of people working for you? If you do, you will know how much of a headache it really can be. However, it does not need to be this way.

How can you possibly make any money if you are spending your time fixing their mistakes, doing your own work, making sure they are working, checking their salaries, making sure you are keeping up with the law…….ARRRRGGGG!!! It goes on and on and on and before you know it you are overweight, stressed and ready to throw in the towel!

Well, don’t just give up yet. Running a small business can be on of the most challenging things you can attempt to do. No wonder so many of them go broke in the first year of operation.

To avoid that – this is what you should do NOW if you haven’t done it already.

Write out every task that your team member performs in 1 day.

So, if you have an Administration person – list out on a big list every single task they are doing.

Then, once you have done that – add in all the tasks you want them to do.

Once this is done – put a heading on the sheet – Position Description.

Have a meeting with them, and go through each and every task. Do this for each team member.

Once they know EXACTLY what is required of them they will perform better. Often mistakes occur because communication breaks down or your team member does not know what to do.

If they have this list you have created – and they are still not performing, then maybe you should consider why they are working for you.

This is a good start to making your business much more efficient and getting your team to work for you instead of the other way around!