4 Tips to a Productive Workday

The pandemic turned our world upside down and many worked from home and now many are headed back to the office. Companies are needing to make many adjustments to accommodate new work cycles. Make sure you are the one your employer looks to for high productivity in case eliminating positions is on the table.

The first tip to have a productive workday is that you must look at your schedule the day before your work week starts. For many in the workforce today, that day is Sunday. I will use Sunday as my example, but you can use any day of the week. First, on Sunday evening, take a look at your schedule for the week and look at the days you are booked with meetings or appointments. Next, look at the days you have time not currently filled and schedule in time for projects you are working on and time for answering correspondence. Schedule time for your to do list and any other tasks you need to work on this week. Not only are you looking at your day schedule, but you also need to look at the evenings too. Many families spend time at practices and games, so scheduling after school appointments, to do list time and family time is tough.

The next tip is that every day should have time in the morning and early afternoon scheduled to look and answer at e-mail. If you leave your e-mail open all day, you will get nothing else accomplished. If you are used to looking at e-mail all day long, this will be a tough habit to break, but it will improve your productivity.

The third tip is to try to schedule phone time too. Obviously, something can come up that will disrupt your scheduled day, but this will not happen every day. Try to stick to your schedule as close as possible to be the most productive. If you can, mark out time for these on Outlook so others do not schedule you for a meeting during these times, do so.

The last tip is, if possible, close your door during times you need to really concentrate. If you work in an open office area, try to put a note on your cubicle to let everyone know you are busy, or try a conference room for some privacy if you are interrupted constantly during the day.

Organizing your week will allow you to remember the projects and items that must be completed that week and you will become much more productive.

If you are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, bogged down by clutter, unproductive, and organized, give me a call and we can get your organized and more productive.