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Shorter, More Effective Meetings

Office Dynamics

If you have a key meeting coming up with your boss, or your best client, and you know its purpose, when should most of the thinking for that session be completed? As a result, meetings that should last 20 to 30 minutes end up lasting one, two, three hours or more. Send out an agenda far enough in advance for participants to prepare.

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Shorter, More Effective Meetings

Office Dynamics

If you have a key meeting coming up with your boss, or your best client, and you know its purpose, when should most of the thinking for that session be completed? As a result, meetings that should last 20 to 30 minutes end up lasting one, two, three hours or more. Send out an agenda far enough in advance for participants to prepare.

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Save An Hour A Day With IQTELL

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. We have a lot on our agenda, and we carry an oversized to do list that limits our ability to use strategy and plan our day to achieve our goals. Instead, prioritize tasks that you need to clear from your agenda because they are more pressing. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest post.

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How to Manage Time

Ian's Messy Desk

We expend energy rushing through the day trying to keep up with ourselves. Emotional blocks – boredom, daydreaming, stress, guilt, anger and frustration reduce concentration. When you enjoy what you are doing, it reduces stress. When stress is reduced, you work more efficiently. Look for ways to free-up time.

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Conquering The Open Loops Of Productivity

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. You don’t actually try closing them out but must control them so that they won’t blow you up into pieces. The only thing that you can do is to prevent the build up of new “open loops&# on top of your existing “open loops&#. Visit the original article at [link].

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

Make meetings effective – Managers can spend an average of 17 hours a week in meetings, and that doesn’t include preparation and follow-up time. If you’re holding a meeting, draw up an agenda and circulate it to the staff attending beforehand. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location.

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Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You

Stephanie LH Calahan

I set up alerts to remind me that they're coming up. List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2.     B Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “c-Draft budget report”? I set up alerts to remind me that they're coming up.