With national disasters and the recent Coronavirus outbreak, small businesses need to be prepared for anything. How ready is your office? Here are 8 tips on Preparing your Office for a hurricane or emergency. Small Business Preparedness Tips Do a full back-up of all your computer files when you first hear of the hurricane or emergency. This will minimize the amount of missing information. Having at least two places where your stored files will help you. It can be an … [Read more...] about 8 Tips on Preparing your Office for an Emergency
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30 Desk Items To Throw Away For A Tidy Space
Whether you have a home office or a traditional office, you probably have items lying around your desk that don't necessarily need to be there. As you get busier and busier, you may have issues keeping your desk clear from clutter. Why do you need to clear your desk space? Well, there are the obvious reasons, like it distracts you from the work at hand and it doesn't allow you space to work. There are also other reasons like helping you be more creative and being able to find things more … [Read more...] about 30 Desk Items To Throw Away For A Tidy Space
Declutter The Office In 15 Days
How does your office look right now? Take a second and look around. Is it the most inspiring environment to work? Lots of people find that they can't tolerate a disorganized office (or home office for that matter). It is distracting and will derail you from getting things done. It visually isn't applying to other clients or colleagues over and can appear that you are unprofessional. Doesn't sound efficient, right? Well, today I am going to share with you a challenge to declutter the office in … [Read more...] about Declutter The Office In 15 Days
5 Amazing Holiday Gifts for Employees
Wondering what to give your employees and coworkers that go above and beyond what they expect? Here are 5-holiday gifts for employees that I love. Order them now and you will have them in time for the holidays. Personalized Notepads: Customized notepads are great to give to employees when you don't know what else to give. Here is an example from Amazon I found. Fresh Fruit all year: You can get 3 months to a year shipped to your employees. Other things like ham can also be given. … [Read more...] about 5 Amazing Holiday Gifts for Employees
How To Permanently Clear Desk Clutter Forever
Piles of papers on a desk can make it hard to get things done. When you start looking for papers, you get more and more anxious because the papers seem to have walked away leaving you to fend for yourself. Does this ever happen to you? Do you get more and more frustrated moving around mounds and mounds of papers just to locate that one important document barred under a large selection of unnecessary junk? Lucky for you, today, I am discussing a sure-fire way to permanently clear desk clutter … [Read more...] about How To Permanently Clear Desk Clutter Forever
7 Questions to Ask when making an Effective Mobile Office
If you are like so many people these days, you may work at the office, at home, and on the road. And, keeping all the projects and tasks going while being mobile can be challenging. You need to be pretty organized to keep everything where they need to be when you need to use it. The list below is questions to ask yourself to help your mobile office get more organized and efficient. 7 Questions to ask when creating a mobile office for your small business QUESTION 1: What is and is not working? … [Read more...] about 7 Questions to Ask when making an Effective Mobile Office
3 Ways to Organize Your Small Business Files
Your office files can get very disorganized if you don't have a good management system established. By not having it organized, it will result in undue stress for you and your employees. Taking the time to organize these systems will make your business run more smoothly and will reduce stress for you and your employees/clients. Here are three powerful ways to organize your home and office files. 1. Sorting by color coding: Use different colors to represent different types of data. Try green … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Organize Your Small Business Files
How To Create An Outstanding Workplace
Working in a productive office, makes anyone feel in control of their lives and tasks that need to be done. So this week, I will discuss how to create an outstanding workplace for your employees. Creating an outstanding workplace Have a written process and procedure for every position in your company. This tip will describe the critical actions to take for different scenarios. It also helps new employees to show how the process works and what their responsibilities involve. … [Read more...] about How To Create An Outstanding Workplace
8 Important Documents Every Small Business Owner Needs to Find Easily
Let me ask you this question, do you know where all your important documents are? If you don't, check out the important personal documents post I wrote on Sabrina's Organizing. These relevant documents should be placed in a fireproof safe place. Remember, that you have valuable records for your small business as well. These documents must also have a place in your safe. Here is a list of 8 important documents every small business owner needs to find easily: All payroll related documents … [Read more...] about 8 Important Documents Every Small Business Owner Needs to Find Easily