by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Feb 2, 2016 | Workspace Organization
How much time do you spend in your office? Depending on your type of work… the answer may vary. However, I know there’s a good portion of us who spend the lion’s share of our waking hours in our office space. When was the last time you really looked around your...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jan 26, 2016 | Collaboration
As your business team starts growing, one of the unfortunate side-effects is that your email inbox starts growing too. Now, you not only have messages from clients, vendors, and other lists… now you have “internal email” messages. As I grew my first company, this was...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jan 19, 2016 | Workspace Organization
It’s time for the annual paper archiving party! Many years ago I began this yearly purge of my files as a way to keep enough space in my active files drawers and keep them from getting gummed up with really old stuff. After all, the only reason I’m going to need that...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jan 12, 2016 | Energy Management
It’s Wrap-up Time! (OK, maybe not right this minute if you’re reading this at lunch time… are you?) But, today, like each day, will come to a end, and there will be a moment to wrap up your work and shift gears toward dinner and home. The end of the work day ritual...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jan 5, 2016 | Vision & Direction
Did you set a resolution this New Year’s? I’m sure you’ve heard the stats many times before about how many resolutions lose steam quickly. Let’s help you get into the success columns by addressing one of these most common areas where folks fall down regarding...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Dec 29, 2015 | Action & Execution, Workspace Organization
It’s that time of year… Planner buying season! In fact… many of you may have already sprung for your 2016 planner, but if you haven’t yet, then listen up. As many of you know, I’m a fairly digital gal myself. However, what I always say to clients is to find what works...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Dec 22, 2015 | Collaboration
It’s a busy time of year for many of us with extra holiday activities and responsibilities. I also find that many people’s expectations vary about work and time off at this time of year. Certainly, there are the folks working retail that hope to at least get one or...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Dec 15, 2015 | Workspace Organization
It’s the time of year when spending time with family and loved ones is on everyone’s minds. I know I’m glad to get all those special times with my DH (Dear Husband) as we get and decorate our tree and celebrate the solstice. We share our lives, our food, and our bed,...
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Dec 8, 2015 | Collaboration
Yep, we’ve all got a lot of email. It’s become the newest and best way to keep in touch with anyone. Some messages we love to get, some we cringe at, and some we just delete. But, all of us need to learn strategies to manage the incessant flow of email into our lives....
by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Dec 1, 2015 | Workspace Organization
Here’s the reality… every piece of paper that enters your life is simply on a road to leave it again. It may get recycled, trashed, mailed off, or given away… but eventually all of them are gone. (Even if it waits for your heirs to make the final decision.) For some...
