Dealing with “Drop In Visitors" - Manage Interruptions During a recent coaching session, my client shared with me her difficulty in saying NO to drop in visitors or managing interruptions. Some of these visitors were external and some internal to her organisation. She works in a small office...
Using Follow Up Flags in MS Outlook effectively Is your Inbox full of emails that require some form of action by you? Do you find yourself constantly scanning your Inbox to check up on emails you have not yet responded properly to? For many busy people,...
Block out time for ALL your known commitments Are you guilty of over committing yourself constantly? Do you know the full extent of your known commitments? When you look at your Calendar or Diary, does it include all the things you have to do? Quite often I find people will only put scheduled...
Improve your focus - Don't Multitask Do you struggle to maintain a clear focus on what you have to do? Do you find yourself constantly switching tasks rather than sticking to what you had planned? Or perhaps you find your mind wandering constantly. If so, the following tips for...
Use the 5D's to manage your Email Inbox Similar to the way we were encouraged to handle pieces of paper only once; the same is true of the way we handle emails. When dealing with large numbers of emails, think of it firstly as more of...