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TOP 10 TIME MANAGEMENT RESOLUTIONS for 2009

WORK IMPROVEMENT TIPS FOR THE OFFICE?

By

Bary Sherman

San Diego, December 19, 2008 – New Years is the time for resolutions of various types; such as losing weight, stopping smoking, and starting to exercise.

Our work, where we spend so much time, is a place often overlooked in the tradition of New Year’s Resolutions.  Continuing a tradition, PEP Productivity Solutions, Inc., a global company that developed the Personal Effectiveness Programs (PEP) and the White Collar Productivity Index (WPI), has asked its clients and associates around the world “What’s on your TOP 10 list of things you would like to improve, learn, or change in your TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS for 2009?”    

The following are PEP’s TOP 10 TIME MANAGEMENT RESOLUTIONS for 2009:

1. No scroll bar in my email "In-Box" at the end of the day.
2. "Quiet" my cell phone or Blackberry when in meetings or in open space.
3. Organize my office so the things I use most often are close at hand.
4. Get organized so I stop wasting time looking for things I can’t find.
5. Schedule the priorities and keep them in front of you until completed.
6. Process my email on a schedule rather than checking it constantly.
7. Decide when I will end my work day and stick to it.
8. Use one hour a week to reflect and plan.
9. Do the "Worst Things First" and get more done in my work day.
10. Treat my Calendar like a road and check more what is coming up ahead.

According to Bary Sherman, CEO of PEP Productivity Solutions, Inc., “We see so many good things that people want to do to improve their effectiveness and reduce stress and they can.  It’s a matter of changing personal habits or office cultures.  These TOP 10 TIME MANAGEMENT RESOLUTIONS for 2009 are simple in nature, but that does not mean that they are easy to do. You have to stick with it until they becomes habits. Changing behavior is what this takes, and there are proven, common sense methods people can use to change habits which have a significant probability of success.”

For helpful tips and proven methods to help improve any of the TIME MANAGEMENT RESOLUTIONS for 2009 contact bary.sherman@PEPproductivitysolutions.com or 760.731.1400.

PEP Productivity Solutions, founded in 1984, is a global consulting & training firm specializing in workplace solutions to improve the productivity and effectiveness of executives, managers, staff and professionals. PEP Productivity Solutions clients include such prominent organizations as AARP, Capital One, Ernst & Young, HP, NCR, Toyota and The World Bank.

Source:
Bary Sherman
PEP Productivity Solutions, Inc.
760.731.1400
bary.sherman@PEPproductivitysolutions.com