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Fast Track Your Career - These Time Management Tips Really Work

Author: MichaelAdams Total views: 7 Word Count: 835

Sometimes all that it takes for you to get the promotion that you have been looking for at work is a little bit of extra efficiency.

When you adopt a few easy time management practices into your daily job, you and your boss will notice improvement in the results you deliver each day. Instead of patiently waiting for your boss to pick you for that next promotion, try these suggested tactics to get noticed and get promoted.

1. Get rid of the clutter in your office. When you have a cluttered office, everyone notices, even if they don't say something to you. Sure a cluttered office may be a sign of an organized mind, but your boss probably won't take that into account the next time it comes to promoting someone. Look at it from his or her point of view for a moment and you'll see what I mean. All things being equal, would he/she rather promote someone who is neat or someone who has a cluttered desk?

Rather than wait any longer, just clean up your messy desk and office. You'll see two good things happen when you do. First, your productivity and efficiency will go up because you're no longer having to dig through a messy workspace just to find your important documents. Second, your boss and everyone else will notice your nice and clean office the next time they come by. Your now clean office is a good conversation started, especially as you talk to your boss about wanting to be promoted. Don't wait any longer, just do it and you'll be happy you did.

2. Create an environment that supports your productivity. Rather than rely solely on your own will power to be productive and efficient, structure your environment to give you a "leg-up" in achieving your time management goals. Here's a simple exercise for you to do. Pick 5 objects currently in your office. One by one, look at each and ask your the simple question of whether that object supports your productivity or detracts from it. Just be honest with yourself when you answer. It's your life and your time. You need to take it seriously and be honest.

When you have the honest answer, you'll know what to do. Simply put, get rid of any element that doesn't obviously and overwhelmingly support your productivity and time management goals. I said coming up with the honest answer is the hard part. Getting rid of the object might seem hard, but trust yourself and your honest answers. Elements in your environment that don't support your goals drain your energy. Get rid of them and watch your energy rise.

Your increased energy and higher productivity is what managers look for when it comes time to hand out promotions.

3. Efficiently and effectively take care of your email, phone calls and verbal communications. We all live in a wired "must be done now" type of world. People who can effectively handle the fast pace of all types of communications are more likely to be at the front of the list when it comes to be promotion time.

An overflowing inbox is a problem for everyone these days, but if you want to improve your chances of being promoted, you have to figure out a way to keep it under control. Every email client has sorting or organization features you can use to sort your email according to where it comes from. The simplest thing you can do is sort mail from your boss, your peers and your friends into separate categories. From there, you should answer the emails from your boss first, writing short, intelligent and effective messages that demonstrate how you are keeping your commitment and will take care of the matters under discussion.

Communicate with your coworkers or peers using the same language and communication style, but do that after you have taken care of the email from your boss. If your coworkers find out that their emails always get answered after you answer the emails to the boss, no big deal. That's the way it should be and besides, who is going to be giving out the promotions and raises, your boss or your peers?

The last thing to mention about email is that you need to have a personal, non-work email your friends can use when they want to send you an email. Most people don't realize that emails sent to their work address essentially becomes property of the company. If you have a private non-work email address you only check from home, you won't have to worry about the possibility of a friend sending "career damaging" information to you at work.

So there you have it. Those were easy and simple tips you can use to improve your chances of getting promoted at work. By following these time management tips, you'll improve your productivity and efficiency and in the process let everyone know, especially your boss, that you are the person to pick for the next promotion. Enjoy yourself and get working on them right away.

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For additional strategies on time management, make sure you claim your copy of author Michael Adams' excellent free expert guide on tips for managing your time and multi-million dollar projects. Learn more at www.smart-time-management.com.

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