10 Observations on Asana

After having supported 600 customers on Asana, here are our observations:

1. You’re probably no different from any other company

Every company arrives with the same observation: too many emails, too many files, too much time wasted, too much reporting, too much duplication… and many spend hours trying to create schedules in Excel.

2. If you’re still using Excel and email to collaborate, you’re losing productivity

Your competitor who has adopted Asana is gaining precious hours. Don’t be left behind!

3. It’s a mistake to expect your teams to use Asana without involving you as their manager.

To succeed, commitment must come from the top. Asana is not just a project management tool, but a work management tool.

4. Integrate Asana into all your activities

Goals, meetings, 1:1, reporting… That’s how you’ll exploit its full potential.

5. Don’t be afraid to create a long list of projects

On the contrary, it can be a good practice to get the most out of Asana.

6. Asana is not “just another tool”.

It’s a tool that will save you and your team hours of work.

7. Expect challenges, including resistance to change

There will always be a small percentage of people who are reluctant on principle. That’s to be expected.

8. Even for a single team, Asana can make a difference

All your team projects will be centralized and managed efficiently.

9. Video or face-to-face coaching can quickly boost your efficiency

Thanks to those who share their camera in session, it’s so much more human! :hugs:

My recommendation

99% of the time, your problems are similar to those of others. If Asana saves time for some companies, it will do the same for you. You just have to want to change!


Bastien, Asana Expert
iDO (Asana Partner: Services & Licenses)

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Wise words!

And I see the same with the 200+ client organizations I’ve worked with.

But I do like to stress with each that every organization is different, at least in certain regards, and know that to be true. When a client asks for an Invoices workflow or a Grants workflow, I’ve rarely implemented the exact same solution as for many others in the past.

Thanks,

Larry

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Indeed, and it doesn’t make you a bad choice as a consultant. Often clients wants to make sure with others in the same industry, with the exact same workflow, and I feel like this expectations is often irrelevant.

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We must be on the right track, because we are doing all of these. Of course, much of that is thanks to all the great training and webinars Asana provides us. :slight_smile: I recently starting making 60-second videos of “this is how you do this in Asana” for our team. Asana has literally transformed my life. I wouldn’t be working remotely without it.

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I agree. My own struggle is “what will happen if I look for a job and the company doesn’t have Asana?” :sweat_smile:

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