Some say time is money – but what use is money when your health, family, and productivity are involved? In today’s modern age, the fast-paced accounting industry is changing the way employers think about quality bookkeeping and progress.

According to statistics, 6.62 million Canadians worked over 40 hours or more per week in 2016. Like many hard-working Canadians, you might be feeling drained and worn down by the time the clock strikes 3. If you find yourself feeling exhausted, perhaps it’s time to consider how to improve productivity and create more time in your day.

Here are 3 ways to boost productivity in your accounting firm.

Introduce New Habits

Employees who work long hours will not guarantee productivity. According to The Canadian Press, the average full-time worker misses 9.3 days of work per year. After spending a majority of time at work, employees may start to fall ill and call in sick due to burnout and exhaustion. However, with proper planning and organization, employers can improve their policy by implementing a shorter-hour policy that measures the total output rather than hours spent in the office.

Here are other ways to introduce new habits and keep employees focused:

• Aim for quick 15-minute meetings
• Ban disruptions during meetings
• Assign organizers to take part of the agenda
• Make each member responsible for his or her tasks

Employees will boost concentration levels at work by staying motivated to complete the task. When the total output begins to increase, there will be less time wasted and more time spent on vital tasks. As a result, employees will work hard to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Less Burnout and Exhaustion

Employees who work long hours tend to get insufficient amounts of rest. Getting enough sleep is vital to staying healthy, just as eating well and exercising. Accountants will benefit from taking power naps in a variety of ways, including:

• Math processing
• Creative problem solving
• Logical reasoning
• Boost productivity

Reduce Multitasking

In a client services industry, it is highly impossible to eliminate multitasking. However, accountants have the power to structure their day to minimize it. Try to tweak your work hours to spend more time devoted to important projects and aspects. The more uninterrupted time you have, the wonders it will do on your work rate.

Just as you tell your clients how even the small processes can change significantly, the same goes for business output. Improving productivity is about people, technology, and their procedures. Using software will help reduce the costs of basic transactions and prevent accounting firms from falling behind in the industry.

Contribution from freelance writer Lucy Wyndham.

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