How to get work done faster
If you change the way you go about your tasks, you might find yourself with a couple more free hours than you had before. Some thoughts about how to get things done faster.
Category: Time Management
Admins’ top 3 timesaving shortcuts
Most timesaving âsecretsâ are the best practices youâve been hearing about since the advent of paper clips. The trick is, you have to try them out to discover whether they match your work style. And then you have to stick with them to gain the benefits. Here are three timesaving secrets recommended by administrative professionals:
Manage an ever-changing schedule
Parth Misra, writing at Entrepreneur, offers some tips for productivity when you canât predict the future.
Quiz: The multitaskerâs dilemma
For each one of the behaviors below that youâre guilty of, give yourself a point. Oh, but donât get happy if you start racking them upâeach one is a sign you may be doing too much.
Feeling sacked? 6 ways to clear the end zone Â
If the weight of your work suddenly feels like youâve been hard-tackled by ill-tempered teammates and youâre seeing stars, itâs time for an intervention. Remember these tips when struggling to recover from the hits and emerge steady on your feet.
What task really needs to come first?
Itâs getting so we donât dare even print the word âmulti-taskingâ since itâs been getting such a bad rap recently. Scott Eblin shares how you can identify less important priorities.
5 tools to ease your email burden
Sifting through email can eat up hours of your day, and itâs likely not productive work. Jessica Stillman, writing at Inc., suggests these programs to help you manage your email.
Make artificial intelligence pitch in
Artificial intelligence canât replace a human in the adminâs seat, but it can make your job a lot easier.
âWork smarter, not harderâ: Well, how?
You want to be known as a hard worker, but working too hard can lead to burnout. If you can work smarter as well as faster, Isabel Thottam writes at Glassdoor, youâll have more free time and less stress. Here are some suggestions.
âWhat now?â 3 prioritization tips
Many people tend to put off the biggest and most difficult things so they can tackle the growing list of smaller items that pile up. If youâre having trouble prioritizing, here are three questions to ask yourself.