Top Time Tip – Avoiding Digital Distractions

How many times do you think you get distracted by digital devices, alerts, bleeps and badges? It’s often much more than we realise. There are ways to take control however… In your email settings for example, to prevent email alert distractions, in Outlook, click ‘file’, ‘options’, ‘mail’, and under ‘message arrival’ untick all four boxes. On your phone go into … Read More

Can Efficiency Be Taught?

Can Efficiency Be Taught?

If you’ve got a staff member who needs that extra level of supervision, you have to always know what they’ve got on, keep an eye on their work, make sure that they do what’s required, and be prepared to help if they can’t or haven’t finished. This person will constantly slip back.’

Top Time Tip – Don’t Make Email the First Thing of the Day

Today’s top time tip is a controversial one and something very few people do.  The tip is to NOT make email the first thing in your day. While lots of people start their day with email, what is more powerful is to start with your number one priority (which you’ve hopefully jotted down the day before). Could you spend the first … Read More