Curbing Office Inefficiency

Ever wonder how much time you lose through common time leaks? You can audit yourself by asking if you:

1. Start a job before thinking it through.
2. Do unproductive things from sheer habit.
3. Keep too many unnecessary records.
4. Pay too much attention to "low return on investment" crises.
5. Fail to anticipate crises.
6. Make unnecessary visits or phone calls.
7. Socialize at great lengths between tasks.
8. Fail to build good barriers against interruptions.
9. Do things that should be delegated.
10. Do things that aren’t part of the job.
11. Fail to plan regularly with your boss.
12. Engage in personal work before starting business work.

Resource: Happenings in the Valley - Working Together May/June 97

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