The predictions of a paperless society have been around for decades. In 1966 Harvard Business Review came up with the phrase “paperless clearing hourse.” As the electronic age took hold, Business Week ran an article in 1975 called “The Office of the Future” which surmised that most of our record processing would be [...]

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Have you ever walked into an office and been hit by a blast of freezing air? The longer you remain there, the more uncomfortably cold you become. It is great to be able to live in climate-controlled environments during extremes of heat and cold. However when the summer arrives, instead of being comfortable in lightweight [...]

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Moving to new office space can be both exciting (a time of growth) and daunting (timing all the pieces). So many times this involves countless meetings, which cut into daily productivity. To counter this, there are two components to set up from the beginning that will help to ensure a smooth transition:

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With the fast pace of society and our daily multitasking, we are already running on adrenaline for much of the time. This adrenaline can provide us with needed energy, but adrenaline is a result of stress, and our bodies were not designed to sustain those levels on a regular basis.
When a real emergency occurs, how [...]

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“I’ve got to get organized.”There is no seasonal limit on this intention. It is one of the top two resolutions every new year. It surfaces again at tax time in April, and then continues to spring up throughout the rest of the year, often remaining an elusive goal. Are any of the following excuses preventing [...]

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Recently one of our blog postings, Time Management and Unconscious Obstacles, commented on how just the implication of a stereotype affected performance, even when you consciously debunk it. Multitasking is one of those characteristics that lends itself to debate as to which gender handles multiple activitities better.
In 2005 Rutgers University conducted a survey and [...]

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Women are better at multitasking.
Men can only focus on one activity at a time.
Women are more organized.
Men are more productive.
Have you ever been told that you would not be good at something because of your gender or age or race? The above statements are all examples of

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For those of you who just “sprang forward” into daylight savings time, that first morning can be a little rough. As a time management seminar presenter at a weekend conference, I was already an hour ahead of my normal time even before the switch, and then suddenly 5:30 a.m. becomes 4:30 a.m., which is [...]

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A man searching for the meaning of life climbed a mountain to seek out the advice of a wise monk. He asked that learned man what the key to happiness was. The monk answered, “Do whatever it is you are doing now!”
How many times a day do you find yourself planning the next [...]

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Is it time to redefine what the norm is when we say, “normal business hours”? You can find lots of advice on ways to manage your time so that you separate your business and your personal lives, leaving the office behind at 5:00 p.m; for example, don’t give out your cell phone number and listen [...]

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