photo credit: ario_ Most e-mail articles tell you to sit down and go through your e-mail several times a day. But, not every five minutes. That little pop-up message, though, telling you that another e-mail has come in (begging you to read it) is too often too tempting to ignore. Especially ignore for a while…. Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Time Management
Relentless reminders render us unproductive
Relentless reminders — about our calendar, appointments, tasks — will overwhelm our productivity. Not just in our jobs but in our life. I have a great dentist. I’m going pay him and his firm a lot of money for work that really needs doing. But I have this issue about his service: he has relentless… Continue Reading
5 task management habits to get more done
photo credit: Rob Warde Task management tools are one of the great bunny trails on the Internet. The volume of information about task management tools is staggering. And all of it, while interesting, misses the point: the tool you use to track your tasks doesn’t make you do the stuff on the list. Only you… Continue Reading
The single best way to make your manager love your work
In a tough job market — and with employees doing more than ever on the job — getting your current job right with your manager is important. It is your manager, after all, that signs off on your review, helps or hurts your ability for promotions, and, in some cases, can decide to lay you… Continue Reading
Time Management and the Power of Ritual
Managing your time is tough, especially with a manager that is constantly changing your priorities. And even if you work on your own, it is easy to lose focus and attention. What has our attention is what gets done — and if what has your attention is surfing the Internet, that is what gets done…. Continue Reading
Time management: working hours does not equal hours worked
Note from Scot: While on vacation, I’ve asked some of my favorite business bloggers to share their knowledge with you here on Cube Rules. To start us off is Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, of Cali and Jody and the creators of the Results Only Work Environment. And while Kate and I are on vacation,… Continue Reading
10 worst keys to keep you off the layoff list
I hate poor job advice. Career advice that doesn’t match up with reality. Job advice that puts people in unwinnable situations. Given the economy, there is a lot more poor advice out there. But the article in Management 101 on MSNBC titled Ten keys to keeping yourself off the layoff list takes the cake for… Continue Reading
The easy way to boost job performance
We want to have great job performance because performance leads to good performance reviews. Yet, we spend our time doing our work only to find that the work we did wasn’t right. It didn’t “hit the mark” and we ended up doing the work all over again. All this rework increases our stress levels and… Continue Reading
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t… Continue Reading
Why being a Cubicle Warrior gives you an unfair advantage
When you pay attention to your work environment and have a good understanding of what you want out of a job, you get an unfair advantage over those who don’t. You put your career on offense while most others are playing defense. By learning and using Cubicle Warrior skills on the job: Cubicle Warriors get… Continue Reading