Organise your workspace
Handling your paperwork effectively will ensure you keep a tidy desk which in turn will make you more efficient.
Returning to a tidy and organised desk every morning will help you to feel calmer and more ready to approach the day's tasks, especially if you have your daily to-do list ready and waiting.
A chaotic desk clutters your thinking which often leads to wasted time. Even those people with messy desks who claim they know where everything is have to spend a certain degree of time searching through piles to find the right bit of paperwork. Colleagues stand even less chance of trying to find something if you are away.
Filing regularly will help everyone, including you, find things quickly, as long as colleagues are familiar with your filing system of course! At the very least paperwork should be arranged in folders on your desk.
Those team members who are not so good at keeping a tidy desk should be encouraged to have a tidy up day every so often, perhaps once a month.
