Coping With Information Overload

Henry David Thoreau once said, "Things are in the saddle and ride mankind." Today, INFORMATION is in the saddle and it's riding us into the ground! We are just overwhelmed with information. We fear that if we don't read it all, we'll miss something really important. So we pile it, unread, and the piles keep growing.

Time Tactics for the Office

Post-mortems-- Much of our work is repetitive. Post-mortems will spare you having to re-invent the wheel each time. Upon completing a project, think over what you learned and how you could make it easier the next time. If you run training sessions and the materials often arrive at the last minute, analyze why -- are they compiled at the last minute? Is your printer unreliable?…

13 Tips for Working Smarter, Not Harder

1) Aim for effectiveness, not neatness. Neatness as an end in itself can even be risky: Putting things away just to clear off your desk can cause you to lose or forget them.

Manage Your E-Mail

Much incoming e-mail can be read once, then promptly deleted-this means less e-mail clutter to wade through. At the least, do a clean-up once a month.