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Each fiscal year divisions, departments, and teams start a new budget cycle.  Many managers take last years’ numbers and paste them into their planning spreadsheets and leave it at that.  Same work, same budget, new year.  But as managers we are all tasked with maximizing productivity.  One of the best ways to accomplish this is to enhance our teams by providing training to staff.

Unfortunately, most managers rarely are proactive about developing their staff.  In most cases training is only provided when a major problem arises or when a corporate mandate is issued to address a specific situation.  Compounding this is a prevalent perspective

Many organizations assume their operational processes are efficient because they have standard operating procedures and experienced staff conducting them. Further, organizational leaders often assume that since they are not made aware of any challenges, the organization is running as efficiently as possible. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Here are 8 questions to help you decide if processes within your enterprise, department, or team may need to be evaluated and re-engineered: