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Filing Systems

Clutter Creates Chaos

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

I visited a colleague’s home office recently and was amazed at how she could manage to work in it. There were papers and files scattered everywhere. You could hardly walk through the mess. Seeing this made me feel concerned about working with her in the future.
How would you rate your work environment? Do you feel […]

Get other people to do what you don’t like doing

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Had a friend’s daughter come over yesterday and relabel my filing system.  She did a great job.
Been procrastinating on this task since Christmas.  Had tried to get my son to do it but he wasn’t interested, even though I would pay him.
Think about who you can utilise to do some of the simple jobs in […]

How Efficient Is Your Filing System?

Monday, February 27th, 2006

I’m in the process of refurnishing my office and have to replace the current flooring. I rang the company who originally installed the floorboards and was able to provide them with full details of the type and colour of the existing floorboards so that I could get a quote to have the office flooring […]

How do I file administrative paperwork efficiently? It’s not as important as dealing with client matters, so it tends to be neglected.

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

As part of your daily routine, set time aside to do the filing. Use our Weekly Planner to allocate the time.
If your filing system is in a mess and you need to set up an effective one, email us for a complimentary module of “How to Have a Filing System That Works” which […]