Small Business Owner

small business project management tool Job Title: Small Business Owner
Job Responsibilities:  I don't think this is enough space to list them all. For those who own a small business, you know what I mean. Are there any things for which we are not responsible?
Core Strengths: Keeps the trains running!  No matter what the pressure or circumstance, finds answers to tough questions in the required timeframe.  Manages multiple team members acoss broad number of disciplines.  In addition to sales and service related expertise, has good understanding of what is needed on the personnel and finance fronts.  Able to work on little sleep.

 

What I do:

My business succeeds because I focus on providing quality service. As my business grows, it becomes more difficult to maintain workplace efficiency without sacrificing the personal, hands-on service. With a growing customer base and larger budgets, it is imperative to have a tool that helps my staff easily manage deliverables while keeping me updated of things where they need my input. Smartsheet helps free up some time so that I can remain more involved with clients and other aspects of company growth.

How I use Smartsheet:

Smartsheet is flexible and gives me the freedom to adapt it to tasks unique to my internal and client related projects. It provides a simple and valuable web based organizational tool that delivers great control over the work. I can create templates that carry my terminology and brand and saved time by starting with some of the templates that came with Smartsheet.

With Smartsheet, my staff did not have to learn a complicated new software program and quickly became proficient with the service. Projects are updated in real time and because it’s web based, information is accessible to all team members at any time. Refreshingly easy to use, Smartsheet gives us the security, flexibility and the kind of control that results in peace of mind and confidence to execute.

Know exactly who’s responsible for what, when tasks are due, what others are working on and when changes are made

  • Stay on top of projects that involve many tasks and multiple people
  • Get immediate project status – see what has changed in the last hour, day or week
  • Receive summary reports
  • Send and receive updates via email
  • Cross-functional teams know their tasks and easily share information
  • Web based; nothing to install and information is accessible to all team members at any time
  • Intuitive interface makes task management easy
  • Projects are updated in real time so the latest information is accessible to all team members at any time
  • Create your own templates incorporating your company terminology and branding