Posted by Maggie Langley, OfficeHounds Virtual Assistant Services on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
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Productivity
If you want to make this a productive year, get control of your email.
Some scary stats
• “One of the biggest time-wasters reported by office workers is managing email. • 39% of office workers feel lost and even frustrated when it comes to organizing and managing email. • Over half of the participants surveyed said they receive up to 75 emails each and every day, and felt that a number of those emails were a result of being CC’d unnecessarily. • 48% of the respondents s...
Posted by Maggie Langley, OfficeHounds Virtual Assistant Services on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
In :
Get organised
For many of us, email is a bad habit, a time killing addiction. We check it on our crackberry’s. We often stop what we’re working on to get our email fix.
Don’t play Email Russian Roulette with your work time.
I’ll quickly check my email. Then I’ll get started on that important task.
BANG – I can’t start that important task yet. I need to reply to this email.
We’re addicted to looking. Our brains love variety, but productivity demands focus and discipline. We’re add...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Friday, August 19, 2011,
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Top Dog Tip
1 Make 2 columns on a sheet of paper.
2 Label one column Task Was Essential to do Today. other Could have waited until Tomorrow.
3 Each time you complete a task no matter how small, mark it down in one of the columns. (If it's a particularly large task circle or highlight the mark. Then you can easily identify tasks that required more sustained concentration vs a quick task.) Anytime you complete a task related to an email (can be a reply or an action requested of you in an email), write down...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
In :
Get organised
At the September Whitstable Business Tweet Up, I asked some of the people I spoke with to describe their most time consuming non-chargeable business activity.
Top 10 non-chargeable tasks.
Networking
Social Media
Reading Blogs
Accounts
Email / spam
Administrative tasks
Marketing
Website SEO
Quotes
Organising Routes
One of the attendees I spoke with described her battle with non-chargeable tasks as feeling like Medusa, and she has to continually try to ‘manage all the beasts.’
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
In :
PR
I am pleased to announce that my article, 'Painless Time Management Techniques' has been published on the EveryWoman website.
Everywoman is the UK's leading provider of training, resources and support services for women in business. You can learn more about everywoman on their website.
If you would like to learn more about the founders of EveryWoman, Karen Gill and Maxine Benson please visit the Everywoman website.
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
In :
Get organised
He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. - Victor Hugo
Good time management skills are essential for success. For some people, time management comes naturally. Even seemingly disorganised individuals can have an instinct for time management. Successful people have one key ingredient that helps it to appear that they get t...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
In :
Get organised
Take action each time you read an email.
If no action is required
1. If you don’t need it delete it!
2. File it
3. If the email contains information or attachments that you need to read later, file it in a folder called READ. Once you have read it, remember to file it in an appropriate folder for future reference.
If action is required
1. Take appropriate action and either delete or file the email.
2. If the action required will be ongoing or you do not have time to respond, find your preferred...
American ex-pat living in England with hubby & hounds. Love helping businesses to get organised and offload those time consuming tasks that my Virtual Assistants do efficiently.
American ex-pat living in England with hubby & hounds. Love helping businesses to get organised and offload those time consuming tasks that my Virtual Assistants do efficiently.
