The Efficient Office

Shortcuts for Quickbooks

Drop your email confirmations on your calendar.

Always enter the area code.

Any time of year is perfect for thinking about how to work more effectively, but as the New Year rolls around and today’s goals are at the forefront of your mind, it makes sense to pause and evaluate how you spend your time, if your time is being used most effectively, and to make changes where it is not so that you can achieve these new goals more rapidly.

As you start to consider what you want to accomplish in 2011, make sure that you’re using the SMART goal method.

Tight on storage space? Hanging shoe organizers are great for storing office supplies.

Never run out of supplies again. Keep ‘Item Specific’ index cards stored with the item.

What documents do we need to keep? When can we discard records? Where and how is the best way to store documents? Why do we need to keep all of this stuff?

Rewrite your ToDo’s, putting them into four categories that are area/location/activity specific, so that you can maximize your time as you move through your day.

Know who to call if you’re running late for an appointment.