Know What Not to Outsource

While outsourcing is a viable business solution for freeing up time, bridging skill gap and minimizing, it’s also important you that you know what to not to outsource. This is expert advice for maximizing outsourcing solution and ensuring it yields only the outcome that you desire. Keep reading to learn more.

When it comes to knowing what not to outsource, here are some points to ponder;

1: Consider the Things You are Good At

Often, companies and businesses outsource tasks that lack commensurate skills set in-house. By so doing, they are able to bridge skill-set gap. But, what about those things you are good at? Do you think it is okay to outsource them?

Except for the purpose of freeing up time for other tasks you consider more pressing and of high priority, you should consider handling tasks that you are good at in-house. This is especially true for tasks that business partners and customers have known you to be an expert on over the years. Any little change in the expected outcome can put a dent on the trust you have built with customers and partners over the years.

2: Outsource What You Don’t Do Best

The best bait is to outsource those things that you and your present employees struggle to do. So, take a long and scrutinizing look at the tasks you perform in-house and identify those ones that you just manage to get through. It simply means you are not an expert on those tasks — so the best move is to outsource to experts who can bring out the best outcome from the tasks in question.

So, when you outsource what you don’t do best, you will have time to focus on what you do best. This results in excellence in terms of the execution of your entire business tasks — as you play the role you are an expert on and allow an independent contractor to offer you their best role.

3: Consider Highly Confidential Tasks

You want some aspect of your business to remain a secret to just you and your business partners. Therefore, you should consider not outsourcing those aspects of your business — it doesn’t matter the confidentiality policy that the outsourcing company operates.

For instance, the tasks that relate to your business formulas and techniques that distinguish you from your competitors are better kept in-house. This way, you can be sure that no one would steal your ‘secret code’ that makes your company or business thick. While you can trust an outsourcing partner’s confidentiality policy, some tasks are better kept in-house to be on safe side.

Finally, you can get an outsourcing consulting help if you do not know how to maximize outsourcing.

Daven Michaels is a New York Times Best Selling Author and CEO of premiere global outsourcing company, 123Employee. The company employs hundreds of young bright individuals on three continents. His International event, Beyond Marketing Live! inspires entrepreneurs to build & grow their business with revolutionary new theories and systems allowing them to design the business and personal lifestyle of their dreams.