Effectiveness Vs Efficiency

To succeed in rapid growth of successful Jural Assemblies and common law Grand Juries we attend to both efficiency and effectiveness in our planning and execution.

• Efficiency is all about reducing costs and resources required to execute on tactics. Effectiveness is about achieving strategic goals that align with the vision of the organization.  
• Often, increasing effectiveness naturally leads to an increase in efficiency. When you keep both goals in mind as you evolve, areas where you can streamline processes, implement automation and reduce redundancies in many cases become clear.       
• Having the right tools in place to facilitate collaboration, communication and data visibility go a long way toward achieving efficiency and effectiveness goals.

While efficiency refers to how well something is done, effectiveness refers to how useful something is. For example, a car is a very effective form of transportation, able to move people across long distances, to specific places, but a car may not transport people efficiently because of how it uses fuel.

Efficiency is the ability to produce an intended result in the way that results in the least waste of time, effort, and resources. Effectiveness is the ability to produce a better result, one that delivers more value or achieves a better outcome.

What is efficiency vs effectiveness in leadership?

Effectiveness is focusing on long-term impact, while efficiency is focusing on short-term goals. Efficiency is task-oriented — focusing on productivity, meeting key performance indicators and submitting deliverables — all of which are important for any organization.

First and most important, you want to be effective, then you want to be efficient. You want to make sure you are spending your time and resources on the most important and right things, and then as you are doing those things you want to get the waste out of your processes.