Ellen Faye | home office
Productivity Consulting and Leadership Coaching for business and nonprofits - get your most important work done. Collaborating with leaders and their teams to become more strategic, focused and productive. Leadership and Board Coaching, Strategic Planning Facilitation, Productivity Coaching and Consulting, Professional Speaker.
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30 Jul

Posted at 08:16h in Organize to Thrive, Paper Management, Space
3 steps in response to “Help! How do I Organize My Office?”

desktop step-up file

my favorite desktop step-up file from www.ultoffice.com

Step 1: Break Your Project Up Into Small Manageable Parts:
  • If you take on the whole project it will become overwhelming. Take it one step at a time.
  • Understand that you didn’t get disorganized overnight and you won’t get organized overnight either. What you need is a plan to get yourself back on track.
  • Look around – what do you see. A desk? Office supplies? A computer with files all over the place? Email that haunts you? Post-it’s everywhere?  Those are your projects. Pick the 3 or 4 areas that stress you out the most. Plan to work on one a week.

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05 Mar

Posted at 14:25h in Organize to Thrive, Productivity, Space, Tips for Easier Living

A lot has been written in the news about working from home. I understand why Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo has put an end to it for her company – a lot of people who say they are working from home, do everything but work. Working from home is a privilege I wouldn’t want to lose. Here are my top 3 tips for maximizing the opportunity:

  1. Outline a Daily Plan – Be clear in what you want to accomplish. Write out specifics identifying what you want to get done. It could be a part of one big project, or many little tasks – but write it down.
  2. Make a Daily Schedule – project how much time each item on your plan is going to take and plug it into a schedule. Don’t forget the time you need to let the repairman in or to pick up your child from school. When you see your day in black-and-white it will help you from frittering time away.
  3. Create Space – I’m a huge advocate for creating effective work space. You’ll need a clear space that isn’t cluttered with distractions that take you off your game. It could be a desk, a table or a big comfy chair – but be sure that you have room to spread out. I also suggest that you have a printer close by and basic office supplies (stapler, pens, highlighters, post-its, binder clips, etc.). It’s a huge time-suck to have to keep getting up for essentials.