How to Work Less and Earn More

In this episode of the Process Breakdown Podcast, Josh Fonger, a consultant, coach, author, and CEO of consulting firm Work the System Enterprises discusses how to use his “Work the System” methodology to improve businesses and increase productivity. He achieves this by using fun and easy working procedures to guide the operations of businesses by separating and making sure each piece is fine-tuned. He speaks on systems being able to provide the stability, resilience, and rigidity of a business that is necessary.

He tells a beautiful story about the Wearable Tattoo company and the sad story about a large fertilizing company that had massive dysfunction due to a lack of standardized procedures. He also talks about key procedures that can help save a lot of money over a long period of time.

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Show Notes: 

0:10 – Introduction

1:45 – Dr. Weisz shares the best solution for documenting standard operating procedures. Highlights SweetProcess and their 14-day free trial. 

1:54 – Introduction of today’s guest, Josh Fonger, CEO of consulting firm Work the System Enterprises. 

3:21 – Mr. Fonger expatiates on the Work the System ideal and process of work.  

5:23 – The guest speaker starts to talk about the Work the System methodology and its formation by his partner Sam Carpenter. 

6:39 – Mr. Fonger goes into detailed explanations about the components of the Work the System methodology and the steps involved. 

10:25 – Mr. Fonger outlines again the four operating principles such as guidelines for decision making for your team, and how to write procedures and work beliefs. 

14:10 – The guest speaker makes it clear that bad things will happen in a business, how to  plan on people leaving, and how to use systems to provide stability and rigidity in business. 

16:16 – Here the speaker makes reference to the start up company, Wearable Tattoo, and how the system helped improve their productivity. The business broke one million dollars the first year. 

18:06 – Mr. Fonger also makes an example of an already established fertilizer company that had major systemic dysfunction due to the lack of standardized procedures.   

20:04 – The speaker makes reference to a parts factory he was working with in Michigan and how systematic procedures improved its efficiency and saved time and money. 

24:03 – Mr. Fonger talks about the “making timesheet.” He also talks about ways to delegate and remove clutter from your life. 

25:48 – “The results are in the accumulation of the systems and strategy, and if you aren’t gonna stick with it,