Posts Tagged ‘office’

10 Hacks to Improve Your Home Office Productivity

If you work from home, the central part of your work life is the home office. For some, that means the kitchen table, but most of us assign a specific room to be the base of operations and (try to) do our work from there each day.

Given that we must take into consideration strategy before tactics, it stands to reason that we should make it a room… » Continue

April 25 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: , , , , , | 18 comments»

Greening Your Home Office

When you work in an office building — even if you’re just a member of the cubicle farm — someone else is usually in charge of handling environmental details. You may be asked to switch off your computer before you leave for the evening or to throw paper into a separate trash receptacle, but that’s likely to be the extent of your responsibilities. But when you’re in your home… » Continue

April 3 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: , , , , , | 9 comments»

12 Steps Closer to Your Ideal Work Day

What would an ideal workday look like? While there might not be a single answer across the board, all of us can relate to the fact that many of our workdays are not designed for optimal productivity. We complain about too many meetings, not enough pay, travel that saps your energy and did I mention the hours? Why not take some time today to consider what… » Continue

February 25 2008 | By Mike | Tagged: , , , , | 12 comments»

12 Steps Closer to Your Ideal Work Day

What would an ideal workday look like? While there might not be a single answer across the board, all of us can relate to the fact that many of our workdays are not designed for optimal productivity. We complain about too many meetings, not enough pay, travel that saps your energy and did I mention the hours? Why not take some time today to consider what… » Continue

February 5 2008 | By Mike | Tagged: , , , , , | 10 comments»

How to Steer Clear of Office Politics

Going to work in the morning can sometimes feel like walking on to the set of a soap opera, with intrigues, rivalries - it can be a nightmare to navigate through it all and actually get some work done! However these tips can considerably smooth your path and make the office environment a much more pleasant place to be in.

1. Avoid office gossip.

Participation in gossip is usually the… » Continue

November 13 2007 | By Shane | Tagged: , | 20 comments»

How to Avoid Lengthy Interruptions at Work

It’s amazing how so many people do so little work. I know that I personally can waste time with the best of them, losing hours to meaningless email, workplace chatter and random meetings that accomplish next to nothing. As I’m rarely wasting time by myself, perhaps you or others can relate?

One of the most frustrating things about trying to be productive at work is the occasional “pop-bye”… » Continue

September 14 2007 | By Mike | Tagged: , , , | 13 comments»

Holding It All Together On the Go

This week marks the beginning of the Fall semester for me, and as usual, I have a crazy schedule. I thought I might share some of the things I do to manage the frenzy that the life of an adjunct can be, in the hopes that it might give you some ideas about how to deal with the craziness of your own schedule.

First, some background. I’m an adjunct… » Continue

August 31 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 14 comments»

How To Make The Most of Your Real Office Time

Some home workers or telecommuters have to get to the office once in a while. WebWorkerDaily has 5 tips to make the most out of your time with real people.

5. Never underestimate the power of happy hour: What’s the one thing that’s hard to do from your home office? Socialize with co-workers. Take every opportunity to socialize with your colleagues to remind people not only that you work there… » Continue

June 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: | 4 comments»

8 Ways To Save Time As The Office

Stuart Levine at MSNBC has some tips on getting more out of your working day. Time burglars beware, some of us are trying to get out at 5.

4. I got it.
As soon as you understand exactly what someone is explaining, tell them in one way or another, “I got it.” Doing so frees them to move on and cover more ground. Similarly, if someone else says “I got it”… » Continue

May 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: , , , , , | 9 comments»

The Biggest Myths of the Workplace

The Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk, wrote of 9 myths associated with the common workplace. Her most interesting concept, that she’s written about before, is the myth that if you enjoy your job your life is improved so much.

I happen to think there is a lot of truth in that myth, however, Penolope’s argument that there is more importance in a positive attitude towards any work and good relationships in… » Continue

May 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: , , , , , | 1 comment»

5 Tips to ‘Handle’ Unwanted Workplace Visitors

Ian McKenzie has a few tips to keep those office visits as short as you like, so you can get back to work. There’s nothing worse than someone over-staying there welcome, at work or otherwise.

  1. Be the visitor. If you have to speak with someone, go to their office. That way, you can control the length of the visit. When your done, excuse yourself and leave.
  2. Turn away from the door. If
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March 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: , , , | 3 comments»

Review: EditGrid a web based spreadsheet application

EditGrid is an online spreadsheet application, similar to the highly touted Google Spreadsheets and widely used Microsoft Excel. With a week of EditGrid usage under my belt, I can say that I am considerably more impressed by EditGrid than Google Spreadsheets. From the very get go, EditGrid is refreshing. The first thing I love is that you can register without giving your email address… » Continue

March 22 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: , , , | 5 comments»

5 Fast Filing Hacks

Matthew Cornell is sharing five handy hacks to help keep your files work for you. These are industry based tips that come from long hard days working with filing systems and it sounds like they work.
File Bookmark

When you pull a file, simply lift up the file behind it a few inches and let the remaining files in front of that one lean back. You’ll find they keep the bookmark… » Continue

March 14 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: , | 8 comments»

How To Talk To Your IT Department

If you’re not a programmer yourself, or work in an office where you deal with an IT department, there are a few things to keep in mind when getting help from these guys.
Don’t Demand Anything - Unless Fred reports directly to you, you’re not going to get anywhere if you crash into his Star-Wars-laden cubicle with guns drawn. The second you start getting pushy with old Fred, the second he’ll… » Continue

March 6 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: , , | 6 comments»

Create An Action Area

If you’ve ever worked in a small office you would have noticed a common problem where everyone’s desk has it’s own outbox, or action area. Well, this may not be a problem, but it’s a little inefficient. Particularly if some of those people aren’t exactly organized.

This doesn’t happen over at the Behance office. They decided to create an Action Area where anything that requires action - letters, packages or cookies… » Continue

March 5 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: , | 4 comments»

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