Career Day

Talking about careers, we are. Well, having worked in my own family business for the last couple of years, I can’t really say much bad. I’m sure you can all imagine what it would be like to work with your family, if you haven’t experienced it, day in and day out for two years; it can become pretty trying.
On the subject of communication in business, more specifically, some insight I have. Working in the construction/renovation industry communication was a problem in our company for quite some time. The size of the work force was about ten field workers, comprising three work teams. We found out that even with today’s modern communication technologies, we used mike phones within the company, communication seemed to be lacking. The lack of communication resulted in what we called “re-dos” such as scheduling mix ups, confusion about what should be done when, and in what way, or even some things not getting done at all. Communication is a vital part of any work environment where more than one person is involved, because if two separate entities can’t work as one, tasks will get missed, or repeated, or mixed up in any number of ways. Luckily, I believe, communication problems can be solved fairly easily. At my old job we instated a project manger who oversaw everything about the projects, from the time the customer signed the contract to the time the cleaning company finished the final clean-up. This solved the problem of having too many people in charge of a given job; with only one person to report to there is less chance of confusion than with three supervisors. Effective use of communication technology is essential as well. Simply having good tools doesn’t do anything for you if you can’t use the tools to their full potential. Mike phones, for instance, are a great tool for communication, but they can also be a hassle if used inappropriately.
So let’s get together and communicate some time.
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