{"id":7285,"date":"2020-02-10T14:41:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:18:32","slug":"perform-at-your-best-medium-business-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/perform-at-your-best-medium-business-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Perform at your best: A guide for medium-sized businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/strategy-legal-operations\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Strategy, Legal &amp; Operations<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPerform at your best: A guide for medium-sized businesses\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2020-02-10T14:41:20+00:00\">10 February, 2020<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Perform at your best: A guide for medium-sized businesses\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/perform-at-your-best-medium-business-guide\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/author\/staceymcintosh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Stacey-McIntosh-350-1.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Stacey McIntosh<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How well is your business performing? No doubt as your business scales, things are getting more complex and the resulting performance may not be as strong as you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a medium-sized business, processes are likely to get more complicated, silos will be slowing you down, and you\u2019ll have the added challenge of competing in an interconnected business environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what if you could work more efficiently, use data and analytics to make smart decisions quickly, and invest in your employees in the right way to help them propel what they do for the business?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perform at your best<\/strong> is a guide that will help you take the steps to improve how your business functions, so you can start to exceed expectations about what your company can achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the guide, you\u2019ll learn how using automation can free up time on finance tasks such as bank reconciliation, sales ordering and invoicing; how CFOs can become visionaries by using company data and insights to make smart business decisions fast; and how understanding your employees and focusing on great workforce experiences can help to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/\">elevate the performance<\/a> of your people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perform at your best<\/strong> covers the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction to business performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Become more efficient and productive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use deeper insights to make smart decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transform how you manage and engage your people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How AutoClaims Direct and Expereo improved their business performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conclusion on business performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#gate-931be57a-c49e-456c-84f6-7d6a1ddead68\">Download your free copy of Perform at your best<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-excerpt-from-perform-at-your-best\"><strong>An excerpt from Perform at your best<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing complexity naturally affects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/tag\/business-performance\/\">business performance<\/a>, leading to a productivity gap. When an organisation gets larger, business processes and IT can reach such a level of complexity that it can feel like employees, customers and partners need to jump through too many hoops to find what they need, affecting output, productivity and the way they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A medium-sized business that becomes bigger and more complex can become siloed. It\u2019s natural for your employees to focus on their own jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this can result in a failure to collaborate in ways that can benefit the whole organisation. Complexity kills collaboration and the ability of businesses to share information across teams, hurting performance and productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To elevate how your business performs, it\u2019s worth concentrating on the following three areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-become-more-efficient-and-productive\"><strong>1. Become more efficient and productive <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To become more efficient and productive, you\u2019re going to need to embrace digital, and that requires transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through technology, you can save time and manage challenges that come with complexity, such as compliance. Software also allows you to automate repetitive tasks and reduce manual workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-use-deeper-insights-to-make-smart-decisions\"><strong>2. Use deeper insights to make smart decisions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can make use of the vast amounts of data available to you in our digitised world, then you can put yourself in a great position to make better decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can predict the future of your business, uncover hidden opportunities and close information gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-transform-how-you-manage-and-engage-your-people\"><strong>3. 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