Green your business, hire my team

On 05.22.09, In Hire My Team, by Wes Chyrchel

Now is the time to take inventory of your business. Is it working? Are you making money? What do the next 5 years look like? You can make changes that will have an immediate effect and be good for the environment.

How we can help

What type of business are you and what type of business do you want to be? When we first meet a business, we discuss goals. These could be anything from figuring out where you want to be in 5 years to decreasing costs to automating your business. We address all of those goals and provide solutions that are inherently green and have a low impact on the environment. For example, do you run your whole office by paper and email? How often do emails never get received or read? If someone is not there that day, does the project continue? If not, you are losing money.

We have implemented simple central project management systems for businesses where all projects and tasks are followed. It literally changes their business. Employee’s are notified when tasks are updated and completed, projects get completed faster and productivity increases. Oh, and the green component, you can reduce paper consumption by 50% or more! This will be noticed immediately as less paper will be purchased from Staples.

Re-inventing your business

The way businesses are operating is changing. Everyone is asking questions like, how do we reduce costs and increase profit while at the same time create a sustainable business model? In the USA, we have a service and information based economy. By and large, our assets include our employees. Keeping them productive, happy and motivated is a daily challenge. So how do you invigorate the team? Bring them into the process. Be transparent. Share the rewards.

It’s no secret that employees will work harder and take less money for a job they like. If you get organized and make their job easier to do, you will quickly see a change. Despite what you may hear, there is nothing better than positive change to bring life into a team. Done correctly and with consideration, you wil see exponential results.

Create a sustainable business

2008 and 2009 will be remembered partly for when the world discovered the dirty little secret that many organizations were harboring – huge debt, terrible management and excessive spending. People are upset, lives have been changed and the trust is gone. Employees are going to be very selective where they end up this second time around. How are we ever going to get great talent to work for our companies again? Show your employees that you are embracing change. Show them that you have a business model that will succeed. Show them that by being employed by your company that they are part of the bigger environmental picture. They are part of a movement.