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There are hundreds of thousands of people explaining why and how outsourcing benefits companies. While trying to put it in simple words, they say that at the moment when an organization, enterprise, or startup finds a third party to delegate certain tasks, it has more time to focus on what’s really important. That’s good, but is it enough to convince someone to outsource?
What they forget to say is that senior executives, who are responsible for every decision taken by them or by any of their team members, don’t have the time or the right answers for everything.
It’s possible to have knowledge of different sectors while not being an expert, but it’s difficult for one senior executive to handle everything and be sure that all the decisions will result in good outcomes. No matter if you’re a startup or a mature enterprise. When you’re the leader, your team members will expect you to guide them while people in the upper levels will wait for results, positive results.
One thing to keep in mind that every business shares this goal: growing and expanding.
Think about small and middle-market businesses. They focus on growth strategies that must be cost-effective and also guarantee that the organization keeps pace with market developments.
If growing is translated into building a big team and various departments there are chances that it can hurt the company financials in the future.
Think about these cases:
Hunting for talented people
You need talented people in your team. Hmm, are you the only one?
When you look for highly skilled people to work with you, you’re not the only one trying to attract them. When a highly-skilled employee becomes part of your team it doesn’t mean that other recruiters stop their hunt for talent. On the other hand, an employee that leaves is neither the first nor the last. Every employee that decides to resign has a cost for the company, while a high turnover rate hurts productivity, management, and overall goals.
Outsourcing is a solution to a high turnover rate as it helps to find highly skilled people when you need and for as long as you need their services. This is a cost-effective alternative as it makes it possible to get things done without losing time in recruiting and training new team members. Most important, you don’t have to suffer the consequences of people quitting in the middle of an important project.
Your organization will grow towards a larger network without a larger team.
Smooth operations… smooth operations
Many companies decide to outsource business processes and operations that are considered tedious or unexciting or need a new department and finding the right people for those tasks. Instead, these companies or startups delegate processes such as accounting, HR, customer support, or tax preparations to third parties that do them smoothly.
Fill the communication gap
Good communication is essential for the workplace as it can impact a company’s overall performance. There are different issues related to communication they are related to the relationships between the team and the managers or senior executives or between the latter and board members. Employees, in general, hesitate to express their views on certain problems or situations. On the other hand, an ego-driven manager or CEO that considers every decision as to the best and stops communication with upper levels may cause havoc.
The advantage of outsourcing is that the outsourced team will not hesitate to point out an issue or problem it is noticed. Moreover, given the profile, it is expected that the company has a lot of experience and it can provide a solution to a problem that no one from the in-house team could solve.
In a nutshell, you gain a steady team, cut costs, build values, and get solutions while focusing on what’s important. Where to look for an outsourcing company? This depends on the business processes that you want to delegate and on the skills required to perform them. You can explore various options from mature to emerging outsourcing countries such as Albania.