{"id":30700,"date":"2021-03-25T13:39:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T17:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=30700"},"modified":"2021-04-03T14:01:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T18:01:54","slug":"company-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/company-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Company Process to Avoid Corporate Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do you know when it’s time to start building an official process at your company? How can well-defined processes help minimize company politics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When adding new employees feels harder than adding more work to your current employees and it’s hindering growth, it’s time to build processes. Processes may seem tedious, but without processes, workplace politics develop and make it a bad place to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue on to learn how to build a company process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How to Scale With Processes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you have only five people, you don\u2019t need processes. Everyone communicates with each other by talking across a table, and decisions are made quickly. There is no politics because everyone can hear each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When your company grows, these problems become exponentially more difficult. You will need to build a company process to keep people communicating, making good decisions<\/a>, and sharing knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you know it\u2019s the right time to build in processes?<\/strong> When adding on a new employee feels harder than adding more work to your existing employees; and when this feeling is preventing you from growing the team quickly enough to reach the company\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Build a Process, Generally<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here are the main principles of designing a good process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n