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Cubicles May Be Disastrous to Employee Productivity

Why do some employers think that having employees work in cubicles is a good idea? That’s a question that many employees, managers, and HR professionals ponder as they wrestle with the distractions and interruptions of working in cubicles. Cubicles are often poorly designed workspaces that provide 4- to 5-foot walls with no office doors, and sometimes one or more officemates sharing a pod of computer workstations.

These work areas provide little privacy or quiet needed to perform tasks such as writing, analysis, or just plain thinking. However, Ken Zeigler, author of Organizing for Success (The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.) and productivity and organizational expert, explains that there are ways to make work time more productive, even if you are in the midst of a cubicle crisis. Read More...

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Sure, I’m Organized—I Can Do Ten Things at Once!

 “When you are disor­ganized, you are always in a rush, always scrambling to meet a deadline, and in danger of missing dead­lines,” says productiv­ity specialist Denise Landers. “You are stressed and you don’t sleep well. And when you miss getting a good night’s sleep, your IQ can drop 10 points the next day. It’s not surpris­ing that lack of organiza­tion can keep a graduate or professional student from achieving educa­tional and professional goals.”

As owner of Key Or­ganization Systems, Inc. and the author of “Destination: Organiza­tion,” Landers helps peo­ple and companies create systems for handling their business and personal lives more successfully. Read More...

NY Post article

The New York Post featured Organizing for Success in today’s “At Work” section—including a photo of the book jacket. Read More...

Washington Post article

Become a Task Master - First, Scrap That Daily To-Do List Read More...