QUIET HOURS ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE

QUIET HOURS ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE

                           

If your office is as busy as a bus terminal, you may try being unavailable at a specific time period each day. This may involve closing your door between 11 AM and noon or disappearing into a vacant boardroom. Make sure your staff is aware of your routine.

 

CONTROLLING MEETINGS

 

Procedures be drawn up for meetings. For example, the maximum length of time, limits on the number of participants and blackout times when no meetings are to be called.

 

LACK OF TRAINING WASTES TIME

 

If you find you are searching the office for the one person who is able to clear a paper jam or change the voice mail message or repair the fax machine, it's time to start training. There should be more than one person who is able to perform the various tasks around an office.

 

NO LONGER LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER

 

Don't ease up on your stress-relieving activities during the summer months. Everyone's more prone to stress during the summer than at other times of the year.

 

LESS IS SOMETIMES MORE

 

When he was younger he thought that living life to the fullest meant doing as much as possible. But  later he felt empty and dissatisfied. He realized that while he was doing more, he felt as though he were experiencing less.

 

SELECTIVE READING

 

More information is generated in a 24-hour period than you could take in for the rest of your life. We are being swamped with information. Recreational reading aside, zero in on information that serves a productive purpose; don't feel you have to read the entire book, article or report.

 

ALWAYS KEEP A SPARE

 

When you install the last copier cartridge, printer ink, projector bulb etc., always replace it immediately. Don't

Be caught running to the office supply store to keep a piece of machinery going.