Advertising Bank Budget Clients Equipment Insurance Resources Staff Suppliers Training If required, sub-categories can be made:

Advertising

Radio TV Bank

Commonwealth Westpac Budget

2001/2002 2002/2003 Clients

A separate file for each client Equipment

Computers Faxes Insurance

Building/Contents Vehicles Resources

Newsletters Trade Journals Staff

A separate file for each person Resumes Suppliers

A separate file for each supplier Training

General Files for specific areas ie. Time Management, Work/Life Balance Depending on your situation a whole drawer/s of a filing cabinet may be required to house some of these categories ie. Clients, Suppliers, Staff.

The Final Word When you can file your paperwork quickly and retrieve it easily, you know you've got a system that works well for you.

As part of your time management, being confident in having systems that are effective and take little time to use, will make your life so much easier.

It's always little things that make such a huge difference.

More details regarding setting up of a successful filing system are available in my manual "How to Gain An Extra Hour in Your Day" and Get Organised-Get a LIFE! Book. (See www.office-organiser.com.au)

Not so many years ago, training was an option for most organisations. Today it is no longer an option. If any of us continue to do what we do same way, within five years most of us will become obsolete. Why? Because our competitors are helping their people to become more effective through training. If we look closely at companies who are doing well in long run, they almost always have a well thought out training program in place They realise price for not training is real expense of training'.

The most important training or knowledge enhancement you can offer to your employees is in personal development area. Effective time management is a life skill which affects us all. Depending on how skilful we are at managing our time it can have a major impact on whole of our life. Our skill levels in this area can greatly benefit us or cause us to be constantly stressed out.

Training is a life long endeavour. It has to be ongoing. Life changes constantly and so do our needs and those of our people, no. 1 asset in every business. Time Management training is crucial for it's when we learn to use our time effectively that we get so much more done in our lives.