Can You Really Improve Your Organisation Skills

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


I'm sure most of you have heard of Zig Ziglar International Sales Guru. Well in one of Zig's weekly newsletters, there were a number of comments aboutrepparttar habits of well-organised people which I couldn't resist sharing with you.

What arerepparttar 104565 habits of well-organised people? Can a person be 'taught' skills that will make them organised, or is that a quality you either possess or lack? We asked those questions of our readers and here are some of their responses:

"I think that natural abililty has to be coupled with good training to fully develop skills such as being organised."

"Thankfully, organisation skills are learned. The first requirement is DESIRE. The second is WORK! By consistently using such tools as a well thought out set of goals, a planner and a PRIORITISED daily "to do" list, I have made a positive difference in my personal and professional life."

"A well-organised person reviews their actions each day. They assess where mistakes were made, identifying ways to eliminate those mistakes inrepparttar 104566 future. They assess areas for improvement. They also plan out their day ahead of time. These habits can be learned by anyone."

"Improving your organisation skills is teachable and there are hundreds of tools to help you achieve that end. But first I have to "want" to learn that skill. I have to seerepparttar 104567 need andrepparttar 104568 resultant advantage to me and my business and then I will be willing to learn a new skill."

Time Management Tips for Managers

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


Late last year I was presenting a workshop forrepparttar senior managers of a major organisation. Whilst doing a pre-workshop survey to assessrepparttar 104564 challenges these managers were experiencing it became very apparent to me that many of them were showingrepparttar 104565 signs of business burn-out. And it was no wonder why. They were suffering from 'Priority Problems'. Quite simply they were makingrepparttar 104566 mistake of doingrepparttar 104567 urgent rather thanrepparttar 104568 important tasks. They were working extremely long hours, with no time for themselves orrepparttar 104569 people in their lives. Their offices and departments were cluttered as was their communication as a consequence. This meant that they had difficulty communicating effectively with team members and, worse still with their families. Naturally this had a huge impact onrepparttar 104570 morale and productivity of their teams andrepparttar 104571 bottom line. What it did onrepparttar 104572 home front was even worse! And yet overcoming Priority Problems is pretty easy. All you have to do is look at what successful managers do and model their behaviour. You'll also find that they are very effective with their time management skills. Five Secrets of Highly Successful Managers:

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