Productivity
Fact Friday: Meetings and Productivity
“45% of senior executives felt that employees would be more productive if meetings were banned once a week.”
[Office Team · Let's Not Meet · 5.7.2009]
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Procrastination is Making a Cup of Tea
We all know what it’s like to procrastinate. You know, those times that we find a hundred things to do except the ONE thing that we are REALLY supposed to be doing. Student, John Kelly, got creative and put together a short, animated film about the human tendency to put things off.
The film will [...]
Time Saving Tips for Learning on The Go
Greetings, readers. I hope this post finds you in good spirits all around. I took the kids to Family Engineering Day 2010 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC this past weekend. A good time was had by all, but while this post is not about the trip itself, it jogged my memory about [...]
“Help, I need somebody…Help, not just anybody….”
The following takes place between 12 am and 11:15 pm on Monday, February 16th.
Greetings readers…
I hope your week went well and if you celebrate Valentine’s Day, I hope it was all you hoped for. My particular weekend, for once, was actually quiet from Friday night through Sunday evening (shudders!). Where it became hectic [...]
Time Out
Greetings, readers. It’s good to be back here at the OTR blog once again. I hope all of you are well. In my last blog post, I spoke of how I use tech and conventional methods to manage my time and as mentioned, the combination of the two works pretty well for me….generally.
I was [...]
Quick Tip: Get FAT
When the paper piles start growing and your best efforts to reduce them are thwarted, there’s only one thing to do: get FAT.
File: Whether you use an open file cart, desktop filing system, or a typical file cabinet, put away the papers you must keep.
Act: These are the papers you need to [...]
Are You a Master Procrastinator? Learn 4 Secrets to Put Procrastination Off Until Tomorrow!
Do you find yourself waiting until the last minute to complete tasks and projects? Today’s guest post can help! Check out Stephanie Calahan’s tips on how to “put off” those procrastination tendencies.
“I can’t help it! I was born to procrastinate.” That was the statement I heard when talking with a new client about [...]
Good Old Fashioned Scheduling in a Modern Life
At first glance, I appear to be a woman of this generation — I have the requisite Blackberry and laptop, and I even have a Facebook account. I have a dirty, little secret: I’m addicted to paper calendars. I have them at home and at the office.
I love the size and the ease of use [...]
The Case for Procrastination
How do you feel about deadlines? How do you feel about waiting – dare I say, procrastinating – until a few days before your deadline? What happens to the quality of your work when you wait? Do you love tight deadlines and make your best decision when under pressure?
In a recent Behance article, it was [...]
Fact Friday: Work Habits
60% of office workers believe that being organized is a learned trait.
[Esselte, · Work Habits of the New Millennium Global Office Research · Esselte Powerpoint Presentation 03/30/2005 · Statistic by/from Greenfield Online online survey of 2611 global office workers (563 US respondents) · Source: http://napo.net]
Get a Grip on Filing
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