Time Management Tips How to Have a Filing System That Works

•Organization Tips How to Organise Your Computer Files
 by: Lorraine Pirihi Everytime Mary had to find a file on her computer, she always had great difficulty. And it was no wonder why. Every file had been saved under the folder Mary and that was it. There were no other categories. Consequently every time Mary searched her folder she spent ages sifting through all the documents. Now Mary is a real smart cookie. She's the Marketing Director of a very well known organisation. She knows her 'stuff'. She is fortunate to have her own personal...

•Time Management Tips for Managers
 by: Lorraine Pirihi Late last year I was presenting a workshop for the senior managers of a major organisation. Whilst doing a pre-workshop survey to assess the challenges these managers were experiencing it became very apparent to me that many of them were showing the signs of business burn-out. And it was no wonder why. They were suffering from 'Priority Problems'. Quite simply they were making the mistake of doing the urgent rather than the important tasks. They were working extremely...

•Time Management Tips
 by: Lorraine Pirihi This week we're going to take a look at your time management skills. Most of us have to work, and the more you can do in the least amount of time, the better. Working smarter frees you up so that not only do you have a job, but you have balance in your life ! Getting Back To Basics A simple time management tip is to use a daily 'to do' list. You have a couple of choices: Write your list in the morning, as the first task at the commencement of your working day....

•Time for a Clean Out
 by: Lorraine Pirihi Time has flown. It's been six months since you came back from your relaxing holiday over Xmas and New Year. Remember when you charged into the office that first day, all primed to make the new year the best ever. You made a New Year's Resolution that you would definitely get organised to start the coming year with a bang! So what did you do? You cleaned out all the clutter that had accumulated throughout 2002 and in some instances, since 1992! And once you had...

•Organization Tips How to Set Up Your Database
 by: Lorraine Pirihi What's in a Name? Everything. What do you do with all the contacts you make in your organisation? Do you: Collect business cards and throw them in the bottom of your desk drawer hoping one day one of these people will ring and do business with you? Have any system for keeping information on your clients and prospects? Do you enter all their details into your database so that you can communicate with them in the future? Do you enter all your clients into the...

•Success Tips for Small Business Owners
 by: Lorraine Pirihi Running a small business requires many skills. However, to do this successfully you need to organize yourself first. Avoid procrastination - read the following and take action. Successful Small Business Owners Look After Themselves First Exercise regularly, eat healthily and be around positive people. Feed your mind by attending personal development courses. Read self-help and motivational books, listen to tapes. Stress management levels will be much more effective...

•Time Management Training A Necessary Investment or A Waste Of Money
?  by: Lorraine Pirihi Many organisations view time management training as something they'll spend their money on, only if they have to. Usually when pruning the company or department budget, training is often the first area that gets the chop. And yet can you really afford not to? Here's what Dr. Donald Wetmore a Time Management Specialist from the U.S. recently said in the on-line e-zine Activepro... Training is not a cost it's an investment 'It really doesn't matter what we pay for...

•Make the Most of Your Money
 by: Lorraine Pirihi I'm always amazed that so many people spend most of their life at work and totally neglect their personal affairs. Many of the business people I work with want their professional lives to be in order, and admit that their personal affairs are in chaos. They have no systems for handling this most important area. The household paperwork is disorganised…piled up in a corner of the house…somewhere. They have no idea where they spend their money and often have no plan for...

•Time Management How to Have Productive Meetings
 by: Lorraine Pirihi One of the greatest time wasters of all are unnecessary or poorly run meetings. If you want to dramatically improve your time management skills, then learn how to have productive meetings. Brian is the Operations Manager in a large corporation. Every Monday morning, his CEO has a managers' meeting . This is what usually occurs: The agenda is circulated the day before which means the managers have little time to prepare. The meeting always starts late as the CEO...

•Organisation Tips For The Mobile Executive
 by: Lorraine Pirihi Despite the fact that everyone sighs How glamorous!, the life of the business traveller can actually be hell! Fighting international datelines, jetlag, airline food, hotel pillows filled with rocks, and the constant packing can turn an efficient, organised corporate commando into a bumbling mess. The situation can be similar for those whose car has to occasionally transform into a mobile office. The Road Warrior is a special breed: always on the move, always doin' it...