Office Tips

Administrative Duties

• Use files to keep appropriate information together.
• Create and maintain a mailing list/database.
• Utilize e-mail. This is the efficient way to communicate. Keep the messages short and to the point.
• Delegate responsibilities.
• Oversee financial matters.

Management Techniques

• Cut up big projects into more manageable pieces.
• Make time for what is important.
• Assign priorities to all your tasks, and tackle them in order.
• Focus on results.
• Think with a pencil in your hand. Write things down.
• Allow double the time you think a project will take. You will be on time and avoid stress.
• Give yourself little rewards for finishing tasks.
• Make an instant decision on each paper that crosses your desk to avoid workspace clutter.
• Lay out what you need the next day, the night before.
• If you are feeling stressed, refresh yourself by taking a 10 minute mental vacation.