Getting Organized at Work: 24 Lessons for Setting Goals, Establishing Priorities, and Managing Your Time

Getting Organized at Work: 24 Lessons for Setting Goals, Establishing Priorities, and Managing Your Time

by Kenneth Zeigler
Getting Organized at Work: 24 Lessons for Setting Goals, Establishing Priorities, and Managing Your Time

Getting Organized at Work: 24 Lessons for Setting Goals, Establishing Priorities, and Managing Your Time

by Kenneth Zeigler

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Overview

“Why are you doing what you're doing when you're doing it?”

If you can account for one-hundred percent of time spent in the workplace, you're more organized than most people; if not, you need to rethink your day. Getting Organized at Work provides 24 proven tips, tools, and strategies that will help you analyze your use of time, root out inefficiencies, and change bad habits. Address the practical, realistic challenges inside and you'll soon see measurable differences in your productivity. This constructive, high-speed guide offers all the information you'll need to:

  • Organize and prioritize the elements of your day
  • Develop and use a master list to keep your mind clear and the work flowing
  • Set realistic goals by anticipating unplanned, time-wasting obstacles
  • Plan, schedule, and conduct meetings so you don't waste your-and everyone else's-precious time
  • Convert your telephone and email inboxes from time-wasters into time-savers

These simple tips will help you eliminate confusion and work more efficently. Before you know it, you’ll be getting more done in less time, and ending each day more satisfied than you thought possible.

Getting Organized at Work is the first step to creating a career-boosting time-management system, the benefits of which you’ll enjoy for years to come.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780071591393
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 07/01/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Kenneth Zeigler is a recognized expert on time management, organization, and productivity improvement. He has authored many articles on the subject and is the pioneer of the concept that the problem is not the system people use but rather their organization skill set.

Table of Contents


Organize for success!     1
Take control of your day     5
Train others     9
Get projects done     13
Think realistically     17
Plan your work     21
Don't procrastinate     25
Organize your work     29
Add closure daily     33
Use the "veggie principle" daily     37
Plan for power     41
Prioritize requests     45
Give specific directions     49
Find more time for you     53
Control your desk     57
Manage your desk     61
Limit interruptions     65
Manage your e-mail     69
Master outgoing e-mail     73
Manage incoming calls     77
Master outgoing calls     81
Delegate     85
Plan meetings smartly     89
Run smart meetings     93
Close and execute     97
The McGraw-Hill Mighty Managers Handbooks     105
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