Posted by Lisa on 30 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: 80/20 Rule, Decision Making, Interrutpions, Multi-Tasking, Productivity, Time Management
Imagine you are on a roll, engrossed in a project, in the “flow.” All of a sudden, the phone rings, an e-mail alarm goes off, a colleague is standing in your doorway, a fax is coming over the machine, etc. Ah, interruptions. If you didn’t define all of those as an interruption, think again. Experts [...]
Posted by Lisa on 30 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Email, Organized Office, Productivity, Time Management, Uncategorized
For most people these days, keeping up with the daily onslaught of email is a major challenge. In fact, experts estimate that e-mail has added an extra 1.23 hours to the average person’s workday (E-Writing: 21st Century Tools for Effective Communication by Diana Booher; Managing Your E-Mail by Christina Cavanagh). If you multiply 1.23 hours [...]
Posted by Lisa on 26 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Board of Advisors, Business Coaching, Entrepreneurs, Solopreneur
I just found out that I will be presenting at the 2010 National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) Conference to be held in Columbus, OH. My presentation is titled, “Don’t Go It Alone: It Takes a Village to Run a Successful Organizing Business.” It will focus on delegating, outsourcing, developing strategic partnerships, engaging in coopetition, [...]
Posted by Lisa on 25 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Board of Advisors, Business Coaching, Business Systems, Entrepreneurs, IRIS, Michael Gerber, Operations Manual, Solopreneur, The E-Myth
Continuing with my series of business articles in honor of my presentation to entrepreneurs at the IRIS Conference in Denver, below is the second article. It is all about creating an Operations Manual, an idea I will be sharing with the attendees of my workshops this afternoon. I hope it prompts you to blueprint your [...]
Posted by Lisa on 25 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Radio Interviews
Interested in hearing some great radio interviews on organizing? Click here to listen up. I had the pleasure of going on air 4 times in the last few years with WTBQ, which streams out of Warwick, NY. Local radio personality, John Moultrie, interviewed me for the first 3, and the most recent interview was for the Frank Truatt [...]
