Practice the ‘5 zeros’
Here are “five zeros” that will simplify your work.
Category: Productivity
Where to start when you need to organize your files
Q. I really need to get my files organized. Do you have any strategies I could follow to get started?
Simple steps to speed up your computer
Few things in life are as frustrating as a slow computer. Small Business Trends Product Editor TJ McCue has some simple steps you can take to speed up your PC and save your sanity.
Avoid these tech pitfalls at work
Technology has made some tasks easier and people more reachable, but it’s also created new hazards to avoid. Executive coach Lindsay Broder lists a few things to watch out for with technology and your career.
3 tips for asking follow-up questions
Whether you’re hiring a new employee or deciding to partner up with someone on a new venture, interview skills are an important way to get a good read on someone and decide if you can trust them. Kilberry Leadership Advisors CEO Richard Davis offers three ways to ask effective follow-up questions and dig deeper.
Some OneNote basics
How do I print to OneNote? Can I move OneNote notebooks from one place to another?
5 party planning tips for office events
Whether you’re planning your department’s monthly birthday celebration, a retirement bash or your company’s big anniversary party, you want to make sure the event is a success. Deanna Arnold, of Employers Advantage, offers five tips to help you out.
Where time gets lost at work
Today’s knowledge workers spend only 45% of their time on primary job duties. The other 55% is squandered on meetings, email and administrivia. Here’s what workers say causes lost productivity.
Think like a rookie to find new ideas
Do you remember your rookie days—the ones before any preconceived notions put limits on your career? The key to being successful now, may be to try and think like a rookie again, says Liz Wiseman, author of Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. Here’s how.
2 weekly emails save you hours at work
Most admins could cut some wasted time at the office simply by sending their bosses two standard emails a week, says project manager and IT consultant Robbie Abed.