You are an example to your children in everything you do. Your example teaches them how to be responsible, how to treat others, and how to eat and exercise. What are you teaching them about your work life balance?

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Yesterday evening I had the privilege of appearing on the NBC Nightly News as their guest productivity expert in the discussion of vacation deprivation in Americans. The segment was based on a study by Expedia.com showing how the U.S. compared with other developed countries. We have fewer vacation days, yet we still do not use [...]

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It seems that the big box stores are becoming more aware of time management issues for their customers. Up till now, the goal seemed to be to create ever larger stores with more merchandise at lower costs. The problem that developed was that the stores have become so large that it takes longer to shop, [...]

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As we continue to make the switch from paper to electronic files, we have to consider occasions where electronic listings have limitations. One of those areas is in leaving details for heirs. With the profusion of online banking and investment services, it can be difficult for heirs to know where to look for assets. Ideally [...]

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Have you ever heard a colleague repeat a weekend tale or recount a vacation experience again and again to different staff members? You have probably done the same thing yourself as several people pass by at intervals and ask how your weekend was. All of these recountings constitute office distractions, whether you are doing the [...]

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If work life balance is one of the issues you struggle with, you might want to do some research on the Family and Workplace Balancing Act, H.R. 2392. The House Education and Labor Committee Workforce Protection subcommittee has set a tentative hearing date of June 13 to discuss the issue of balancing work and family [...]

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As people find themselves consumed by the demands of the workplace, it becomes more difficult to block as much time as one would like for outside social activities. One of the results is that the number of romantic relationships among co-workers has been increasing. According to a Vault.com nationwide survey, office romances increased from 47% [...]

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Are you modeling good time management techniques for your children? In today’s world, children of all ages are bombarded with so much more than we, as adults, ever had to face. The pace of everything is accelerating and with it attention spans are diminishing. If you personally are struggling to keep up, forgetting things, having [...]

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The predictions of a paperless society have been around for decades. In 1966 Harvard Business Review came up with the phrase “paperless clearing house.” 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 done through [...]

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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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