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Media Questions - Business & Productivity |
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- What are some of the biggest time-wasters in the workplace?
- Are there certain areas in the office that are the most troublesome and why?
- You indicated that employees who work for companies with no policies and procedures pertaining to how electronic documents are named and stored, end up wasting a lot of time searching for these documents or re-creating lost documents. What suggestions can you share that will help to eliminate this as one of the bigger time wasters in organizations?
- It seems like today, employees are being asked to do more, in less time, with fewer resources. What suggestions can you make that will help them from feeling overwhelmed?
- Today, employees receive more e-mail than ever. What suggestions do you offer to help someone stay on top of e-mail and be able to retrieve an e-mail when it is needed?
- Do you recommend a paper calendar or on-line calendar and why?
- What are some of the challenges you are aware of when it comes to scheduling meetings for those within the same organization?
- Are there any on-line tools available that will save time scheduling meetings or activities with people in different organizations and time zones?
- Some employees might say that they are "organizationally challenged." What resources can you recommend?
- How to you encourage office mates that have a difference of opinion about what an "organized office is" and how they are going to reach an agreement that will work for both parties?
- What do you have to say to those employers that don't believe that an employee can benefit from some education on how to be a more productive and organized employee?
- Has a business ever hired you to work with one of their employees because they wanted the employee to be more productive at work? If so, can you share with our listeners and example of when this is the most effective and when it is likely to fail?
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