How To End The Year With Clarity So You Can Enjoy The Christmas Break
23 November 2010Right when you want to start winding down you realise there is still so much to achieve before you can take that much anticipated Christmas leave. As we enter the madness of the silly season wouldn’t it be so nice to know that at least things in the office are organised and in control! If […]
Beat The Paper War Before Christmas
27 October 2010Only 8 weeks to go until christmas and despite your best intentions your desk is covered in piles of paper and documents MIA. Now is a great time to address that clutter and leave an untidy work space behind. And it is easy! The biggest challenge is – many strategies are so obvious that people […]
1 Easy Way To Combat The Paper War
10 May 2010Do you ever wish you had more control over the piles of paper on your desk? Every piece of paper or equipment left lying around is a symptom of a decision not made or an action not completed. Trust me, I know how overwhelming that can be! It’s easier to shift a moving object than a stationary one, […]
How To Clear Your Desktop And Still Have Everything At Hand
3 May 2010Is your desk swamped with piles of paper that you are currently working on but don’t want to file in case they are forgotten it? Problem is – the piles get bigger and bigger and you’re liable to forget things anyway. There are a number of options to beat this desk-top chaos – let’s […]
How To Make Your Office Drawers Work For You
21 April 2010You don’t realise it yet, but in the next 2 minutes you’re going to learn how to set up your drawers so you can increase effectiveness and make a huge difference to your productivity. The most common configuration of office drawers is to have one or two drawers and a file drawer. This can work well. If […]
3 Key Principles For Setting Up An Efficient Office
16 April 2010Does the set up of your office maximise productivity and effectiveness? We all know the obvious storage solutions for most offices includes desks, shelves, bookshelves, cupboards and filing cabinets – but there are a few things to watch out for, and some traps for unwary players. 3 key principles to get you started are: Place […]
Winning The Paper War
12 April 2010Are you struggling to keep the clutter under control? If your desk is dominated by towers of teetering papers, if there are unnecessary objects lying around taking up space, hundreds (if not thousands) of emails left unattended in your inbox, and you hate people seeing your office environment, you’re probably fighting a paper war. Ever noticed how your stress […]
HOW TO TAME THE EMAIL BEAST IN 6 EASY STEPS!!!
12 March 2010For your next 6 blog posts we’ll look at 6 short, easy-to-follow tips that might help you if you’ve got an Email Beast crowding your mind (and your Inbox!). When email was introduced to the workplace it was intended to help us work more effectively, but the reality is that it’s taken over many of […]
Why Do We Run Round Like Headless Chickens Before Christmas?
20 December 2009Why so many of us have this sense of compulsion to finalise things at Christmas? Is it because we’re wired to strive for completion? And I also wonder if it’s something to do with energy?
How To Beat The Physical Graffiti -Clean Up As You Go!
24 August 2009Do you remember your mother saying, ‘Pick up your clothes (or books, or toys)?’ A modified version of the same philosophy – ‘Put it away as you go’ – applies at the highest level of business. Perhaps it’s because our mothers told us to do it that so many seemingly well-organised, highly paid and otherwise neatly […]