Wasted Time is a Thing of Past, Boost Employee Productivity by Using an Online HR Tool

Each day brings new choices, goals and aspirations. People face major challenge to carefully plan a list of tasks and accomplish them on time before the day ends. It may sound simple, but it’s not!

Managing time in a well-planned way is the key to success. A way that leads to greater employee productivity, effectiveness and good business outcomes. As an employee, having a great day is all about being highly productive, focused and happy. An online calendar is an important tool one can use to start a new day and be productive.

A calendar makes it easy to prioritize all appointments and tasks, while letting you know where you need to be at what time.

It has been noticed that mostly employees manually create to-do lists every week. They put their best foot forward to follow the schedule and complete all tasks on time. But managing daily tasks on a paper-based approach leads to following problems:

• Unable to prioritize tasks and appointments
• Often miss out to mention most important tasks
• No realistic timelines are decided
• Daily tasks are different from predefined employee goals
• Forget to write recurring tasks, and eventually forget to work on them
• No way to get reminders when an employee forgets to perform a specific task
• Do not follow the calendar rigorously and end up being unproductive

To get started on creating your own Online Calendar and becoming more productive, here are 5 tips that you should follow:

1. USE ONLY ONE CALENDAR

Employees often use multiple calendars (personal and professional) to keep eyes on their daily schedule. However, managing two different calendars is difficult, complex and the person ends up in a clutter.

Adding an event on multiple calendars creates more confusion. When the user marks an event in two or more calendars, repetitive reminders for a single event creates trouble.

2. RECORD APPOINTMENTS INSTANTLY

Missing out on a meeting with a client or a colleague damages your credibility. There is always another chance to make up for a personal appointment, but good business requires commitment and less errors.

Do not overrate your memory to remember tasks and meetings. When you are in a discussion or on a call, make it a point to instantly mention an upcoming meeting or a task in the online calendar, as soon as it is planned.

Set reminders to NEVER forget meeting and be prepared for them in advance.

3. KEEP CALENDAR HANDY

Accessing an online calendar through mobile phones is quick, easy and flexible. Employees don’t have to stick to their laptops or desktops, and can easily check out their daily schedule even before starting their work day.

Better work plan leads to improved employee productivity and work satisfaction.

4. SYNC GOALS AND DAILY TASKS

Always look for an integrated online calendar.

Employees may have short and long-term goals, with specific timelines and priorities. Set to-do tasks according to the goals that are predefined. This helps in staying organized, focused and goal-oriented.

5. ADD MORE DETAILS

When marking upcoming events in the calendar, make sure to add a little information with each task and meeting. This way one can prepare ahead and improve productivity.

Keeping online calendar has become crucial for both, the employees and the leadership. It is a useful tool that keeps people organized, well-planned and focused. Organizations are now encouraging their workforce to use online calendar such that employee productivity and overall business performance become better.