Another meeting to attend, and you won’t get any work done again today! That’s a common complaint in some companies, yet the schedule of meetings continues. There have been some changes with teleconferencing and videoconferencing, but the gatherings still occur with regularity.
A new study coming out from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Steven [...]

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Have you noticed your corporate network slowing down lately? If yes, you might want to do a quick check of where employees are logging their time. With the proliferation of video sites like YouTube, more staff members are checking out the latest postings. Other popular sites include Yahoo, Fox, MSN, CNN, and [...]

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Tomorrow is designated as “Organize Your Home Office” Day. Whether you work full-time from home or simply pay your bills and file personal records at home, having an organized office space can change your outlook.
What makes a home office a good setting in which to work?
1. Furniture
Too often the home office is composed [...]

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Even if you are not a large company, there are easy ways to deal with outdated, confidential materials, other than sitting in front of a shredder feeding 3-10 pages at a time.
In my work with small companies, how to get rid of documents is a frequently asked question in the struggle to manage paper. [...]

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A business owner is always challenged by time constraints and money limits. Taking time to develop an ergonomic office may not be at the top of the list. However, perhaps it should be when you examine these findings:

80% of office workers using adjustable, ergonomic workstations suffered less musculoskeletal discomfort and were substantially more [...]

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The City of Houston sponsors a program called Flex in the City that encourages employers to try flexible work options for their employees during a two-week period. The employer can then measure the difference in productivity while the city measures the difference in traffic.
This program has been very successful in getting employers to experiment [...]

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Q: When can you be more productive without working?
A: When you need a break and start again refreshed and focused.
So many people in this busy society refuse to stop when there is a lot to do. They slog along, pushing themselves during the day and again in the evenings, with both work [...]

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I was recently asked what the Top Ten Office Distractions were. The first ones that came to mind were easy. They were the topics always mentioned by my clients in individual consultations and by my audiences in my time management training seminars:

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Nothing hurts office productivity like unplanned absences of colleagues and key staff members. When they are not present, you may be stalled on a project. Your may have to take on additional work to cover their tasks. Your time management efforts for that day are shot.
In winter, with cold and flu season, the frequency of [...]

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Everyone struggles with the issue of spam. Fortunately spam filters have improved greatly, helping to limit the volume in individual email inboxes. In my own case, spam messages are blocked at two levels, one where the server keeps it from even accessing my email program and the other where Outlook sends it to [...]

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