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Staying Organized with the One-Touch Rule

Jen Lawrence

For example, stacks of mail, unpacked boxes, unread email, a full but clean dishwasher. Things pile up and suddenly getting through the pile is no longer a task – it’s a project. Physical Mail: When you bring your mail into the house, don’t just set it down. Open the dishwasher, grab a fork, close dishwasher.

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Staying Organized with the One-Touch Rule

Jen Lawrence

For example, stacks of mail, unpacked boxes, unread email, a full but clean dishwasher. Things pile up and suddenly getting through the pile is no longer a task – it’s a project. Physical Mail: When you bring your mail into the house, don’t just set it down. Open the dishwasher, grab a fork, close dishwasher.

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ABB Group Offices – Bangkok

Office Snapshots

Our expertise in Interior Design, Project Management and M&E Design results in an ideal workplace that fits with ABB’s preferences, office culture and corporate identity. SL+A Bangkok utilized three main elements that demonstrates Concept Through Experience: IN & OUT.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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Certification Programs for Administrative Professionals

Jen Lawrence

I’ve taken everything from project management courses to writing workshops. Continuing education is required to maintain certification and additional specialty designations in Organizational Management, Project Management, and Technology Applications are available. I’ve been there.

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How To Handle Hundreds Of Emails In Just One Hour

Productivityist

A few weeks into the job, I found myself with nearly 1,000 e-mails in my inbox. A few of the stupid things I tried to manage the e-mail: * Folders. I spent that entire weekend clearing the e-mail backlog and thought long and hard about how I could ensure this never happened again. My system uses two e-mail folders ONLY.

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Creating Categories for Employee Reward and Recognition

Insperity

Peer recognition rewards can be established for a time period, i.e. each quarter of year, or a specific project. Managers should also be sure to recognize an employee in each work unit. Managers can also give “spot” awards for incidents of high performance.

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