Time Management
If you change the way you go about your tasks, you might find yourself with a couple more free hours than you had before. Some thoughts about how to get things done faster.
Most timesaving “secrets” are the best practices you’ve been hearing about since the advent of paper clips. The trick is, you have to try them out to discover whether they match your work style. And then you have to stick with them to gain the benefits. Here are three timesaving secrets recommended by administrative professionals:
Parth Misra, writing at Entrepreneur, offers some tips for productivity when you can’t predict the future.
For each one of the behaviors below that you’re guilty of, give yourself a point. Oh, but don’t get happy if you start racking them up—each one is a sign you may be doing too much.
If the weight of your work suddenly feels like you’ve been hard-tackled by ill-tempered teammates and you’re seeing stars, it’s time for an intervention. Remember these tips when struggling to recover from the hits and emerge steady on your feet.
It’s getting so we don’t dare even print the word “multi-tasking” since it’s been getting such a bad rap recently. Scott Eblin shares how you can identify less important priorities.
Sifting through email can eat up hours of your day, and it’s likely not productive work. Jessica Stillman, writing at Inc., suggests these programs to help you manage your email.
Artificial intelligence can’t replace a human in the admin’s seat, but it can make your job a lot easier.
You want to be known as a hard worker, but working too hard can lead to burnout. If you can work smarter as well as faster, Isabel Thottam writes at Glassdoor, you’ll have more free time and less stress. Here are some suggestions.
Many people tend to put off the biggest and most difficult things so they can tackle the growing list of smaller items that pile up. If you’re having trouble prioritizing, here are three questions to ask yourself.
A lot of recent advice says multitasking is a productivity killer. While that may be true for some, others seem to actually function best with multiple balls in the air. If giving up multitasking isn’t an option for you, heed these suggestions from career multitaskers.
Many office dwellers are in need of a little peace at work this season, no matter which set of holidays they celebrate. But stay ‘nice’ under all that pressure (Santa’s watching, after all), and take a quiet moment to B.R.E.A.T.H.E. while considering these tips.
Before you deploy the search and rescue over a tightly scheduled project that seems like it will never cross the finish line, remember these tips when scheduling more work around it.
