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How to Manage Your Files Effectively

Jen Lawrence

Managing files can be overwhelming and let’s be honest… boring for some. Remember, an effective file management system boosts the overall efficiency of a company’s operations. With that, I’m going to share tips on how you can manage your files effectively. By project? In what order?

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7 Tips to Clean Up Your Digital Files

Jen Lawrence

Digital records management isn’t something we spend time thinking about until we need to find a file. We spend far too much time searching, wondering where we would have thought to save the file when we were working in it. I personally despise wasting time looking for files. That brings us to the first tip.

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3 Easy Tips for Keeping Your Client Information Organized

Office Organization Success

For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. One of the simplest ways of creating this file is by using a manila file folder in which you simply drop your paperwork into. You simply print it out and fill it in each time you take on new client. In your main client folder.

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3 Tips for Breaking the Clutter Cycle at Your Desk

Stephanie LH Calahan

Make sure that you have enough drawers to adequately file and store paperwork, in addition to all the tape, staples, sticky notes, etc… that might be lying around scatter-shot. A file cabinet can be your most useful accessory. It’s okay to have one folder or basket on top of your desk that’s a ‘Need to File’ bin.

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To do or not to-do? Managing with the to-do list

Laughing all the Way to Work

My sister told me she once worked with a manager whose first question when meeting with her staff was, "What does everyone have on their plate?" The manager then told each member of the team to go back to their desks and type up a to-do list of everything they were doing and the status of each item.

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Answering Reader Mail: 1000 Emails Project

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

So the task at hand is tackling the unread emails and sorting them as follow up, projects, inquiries, factory orders, catalog etc. You have been tasked with a major project. Depending on usage, maybe they should be in a binder, file folders, taped up on boards, just stapled in a packet or interofficed somewhere.

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12 Business Productivity Tools They Can Not Live Without.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? The most successful business owners and professionals effectively use tools to manage their time, space and information.  Then get in on this giveaway.

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