Puzzled by how to maximize productivity and profits? Is disorganization eroding your bottom-line results?

Executives, on average, lose one hour every day due to disorganization, according to the Wall Street Journal. Same for employees. How does that impact your bottom line? It’s a staggering loss of 12% in labor costs alone! Time is wasted on tasks of little consequence, looking for critical documents, duplicating work, making important business decisions based on incomplete information and so on.

Added to that are direct costs for things like unnecessary supply orders, overnight deliveries, and late payment fees. It’s impossible to measure lost revenue caused by missed opportunities, lack of response to key contacts and losing business to your more organized competitors. Many of these costs can be eliminated with efficient systems and smarter habits.

To be successful, you must be organized, an efficient time manager and maximize your productivity. Instead of increasing the amount of time to get things done, increase your effectiveness to get more done in less time. Your desk, papers, digital information, and space should be functional and free of clutter. Organizing offices is my extra-specialty, especially paper management.