Utilization Booster: Practical Strategies to Maximize Team Efficiency

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This course provides a practical overview of how to improve employee utilization without overloading staff or compromising project quality. Participants will examine proven strategies for increasing billable time, rebalancing workloads, and aligning team members to the right tasks at the right time. The session highlights how utilization connects to firm profitability and staff well-being, and offers tools for tracking and improving performance using clear, manageable routines.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Define utilization and explain its relationship to financial performance and employee wellbeing.
• Identify common causes of low utilization, including under-assignment, mismatched roles, and process gaps.
• Describe actionable techniques for improving employee utilization.
• Understand how relevant tools can be applied to measure, monitor, and manage utilization over time.

John Meyer

CEO

Mosaic

John Meyer

John Meyer is the founder of Mosaic, AI-powered project planning and resource management software. Mosaic is the fastest and easiest way to manage who’s working on what, understand backlog and manage headcount. Mosaic was originally built to automate the work he was doing while managing the firm he founded, EDG. At EDG he oversaw architecture & engineering for hundreds of new buildings, renovations, and restoration projects. EDG has made the Inc. 5000 now seven times, during the time using Mosaic. The impact of Mosaic on EDG inspired him to bring Mosaic to the industry.