| A Productive Work Environment... is One that's | | | | projects in an easy-to-reach hanging file folder, |
| Clean and Neat... | | | | makes them easily accessible, but prevents them |
| It's time to sit down at your desk and hit the | | | | from being stacked back onto your desk once |
| ground running, but your chair is empty. Where | | | | you've moved on to something else. Use binder |
| are you? Making more coffee? Going through the | | | | clips to keep current project papers together until |
| mail? Avoiding the stress that comes from sitting | | | | they are ready to be filed elsewhere. |
| down every morning at a desk piled with papers | | | | Get a desk designed to prevent clutter. The |
| that get shuffled from one side of your desk to | | | | traditional oversized, clunky desk is a thing of the |
| the other whenever you need to find something? | | | | past. A desk with a large, non-functional work |
| Stop. | | | | surface only invites clutter to grow on top of it. |
| What do you think sitting down to a clean, | | | | Try a functional desk with a medium-sized work |
| organized desk would do for your productivity | | | | surface (48 inches is ideal), and customize it |
| level? What would it do for your attitude? Without | | | | based on the equipment you use and want to be |
| a doubt, avoiding the ritualistic paper shuffle, and | | | | within arm's reach. Use a printer? Add a printer |
| finding whatever you need in seconds would | | | | platform that attaches directly to the desk. Have |
| make you more efficient, more positive, and | | | | an oversized CPU? Attach a CPU holder. This type |
| certainly appear more organized. | | | | of design ensures everything has a place, gives |
| According to psychologist and business coach | | | | you ample work space, and prevents office |
| Sabrina Schleicher, PhD, many workers suffer | | | | equipment and papers from being stacked in |
| from "presenteeism," the phenomenon of coming | | | | places they don't belong. We found the perfect |
| to work and being physically present, but unable | | | | desk at The Versa Center is affordable, sleek, |
| to mentally work at one's full potential. Clutter, | | | | and can be customized in countless ways to fit |
| and stress related to working in a cluttered | | | | your individual needs. |
| environment, contribute to presenteeism. | | | | Use your calendar. A large, dry erase calendar |
| There are several ways you can change a | | | | board posted on a wall works best. Use it to |
| cluttered work environment for good. Simply | | | | organize your deadlines and work time, keep |
| cleaning and organizing today won't prevent | | | | track of pertinent notes, and phone numbers you |
| clutter from building up again tomorrow. Here are | | | | will need to call often. Using an ever-changing |
| a few minor changes that can make a major | | | | calendar will keep you from writing information on |
| impact on your work environment for the long | | | | slips of paper that can be lost on your desk. You |
| term: | | | | won't spend time flipping through a rolodex or |
| Create two filing systems. The first, away from | | | | clicking away from your work to your Outlook |
| your desk, to house papers you are finished | | | | every time you need to make a call. And you'll be |
| processing but need to keep. The second, in your | | | | better able to plan your time wisely because |
| desk, that includes a file of papers you are | | | | everything is laid out neatly, comparing the |
| currently working with. Putting papers you need | | | | amount of time you have to spend on each |
| to grab or look at often in order to finish current | | | | project. |