Any office environment’s orderly and organized state is vital to the operations and effectiveness of a company or individual. Without proper organization you won’t know the location of all the items you need around the office when the need arises. For that reason you need a system to work by if you have a tendency [...]

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Just because your company might be in a saving mode and can’t afford a large office space, it doesn’t mean that you can’t take a few steps to really make any space, large or small, work for you as part of your office organizing efforts. Having a workable office is an important keys to any [...]

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To Get More Out of Your Day, Do More With Your Space Is a messy office the sign that you don’t have enough time to get everything on your project list finished… or the cause of it? Granted, the two often go hand-in-hand, but it’s amazing how many men and women don’t see a problem [...]

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Do you still have stacks of business cards on your desk or tossed into desk drawers?  No matter how tech savvy my clients seem to be, managing business cards remains a time management challenge. In many instances, I am comfortable with my clients using either paper or electronic means as long as they only use [...]

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“How long would it take to get my office organized?”  I have heard this question many times, and the answer lies in how quickly you make decisions. I can comfortably say, when I am working directly with an individual, that a half-day of focused organizing will give you the needed systems for handling all of your daily work flow.  A full [...]

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Geoff Colvin’s book, “Talent is Overrated,” argues against the idea that talent competition among humans centers on their genetic inheritance.  Instead he believes you can train your child to be a prodigy.  Of course, that involves a huge amount of commitment on your part.  (Think Earl and Tiger Woods.) Most parents want the best for [...]

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J. Paul Getty:  “The individual who wants to reach the top…must appreciate the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits.  He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habit, that help him achieve the success he [...]

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The following description was sent to me, with a question as to how to approach dealing with this situation so that better time management skills were put into place. One couple I know deserves an award for their Carefully Coordinated Disorganization. The husband “Jack” is an entrepreneur and runs a consulting business from home. His [...]

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Costco’s Connection magazine this month contains the article, “Is Being Neat and Organized Overrated?”  (Once linked, click  “Pages” on the top bar and then scroll down to the 4th or 5th row, depending on your browser.)  It features contrasting opinions by David Freedman, author of “A Perfect Mess:  The Hidden Benefits of Disorder” and Standolyn Robertson, [...]

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Many companies periodically conduct an inventory which allows them to maintain an accurate count of materials, detail a valuation of assets, and a provide a catalog for replacement needs in the event of natural disaster. Although inventories take time up front, they are great time management tools in the long term. Just compare the difference [...]

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