Do Business Well

How often do you …

• Dawdle before work, causing frequent lateness?
• Forget things?
• Fidget around losing productive work time?
• Misunderstand instructions?
• Take extended coffee breaks?
• Get major assignments and projects in late?
• Feel at odds with your boss?
• Feel alienated from your workmates?
• Take sick leave when you are feeling ‘just a bit off’?
• Daydream about being elsewhere than at work?

The items above suggest a common picture—the non-productive worker. Of course, we all have bad days and even the occasional disastrous period, but if non-productive events crop up regularly in your day-to-day work, then you should do something about them. If you don’t, your boss might. Continue Reading »

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While jobs vary in work tasks and objectives, there are some general and basic procedures which can be implemented to enhance worker productivity.

• Work to a daily plan.
• Look for ways in which you can productively use previously unused time.
• Start a follow-up file to periodically contact people who are important to your work. Be certain to record background information, special events and possibly even important birthdays on your file cards.
• Practise placing yourself in the shoes of the people you deal with and see yourself from their perspective. Can you approach them more positively? Can you make them feel more positive in their relationship with you?
• Talk with experienced people in your field of work and try the strategies they used to increase their productivity.
• Update your job skills.

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