The 4Ds Behind Managing Email And Taking Back Your Inbox There's no denying it, managing email has become an essential business skill we all need to have. Email has changed the way we work, allowing fast and effective communication with colleagues, clients and collaborators, both in the...
Practical Tips to Get Your To-Do List Under Control In some ways, I envy Frodo Baggins. The daring Hobbit, central to the iconic fantasy series The Lord of The Rings, had just one item on his to-do list: to get The One Ring to Mordor. One...
How to create a Microsoft Outlook Task So are you one of these people who have seen Microsoft Outlook Tasks, but never really explored or tried to see if using Outlook Tasks might work for you? Maybe you have used the odd Outlook Task, but you never...
Enhance your productivity by using Outlook Tasks as your To Do List I have long been an advocate of creating and maintaining a comprehensive To Do or Task List. I consider it a key personal productivity tool. If you are a natural list maker, there is much...
Are you constantly alerted every time an email drops into your Inbox? Do you really need to be? My advice is to turn off your email notifications and stop allowing yourself to get distracted. Consider this: every time you hear or even see an email notification,...
Using Follow Up Flags in MS Outlook effectively Is your Inbox full of emails that require some form of action by you? Do you find yourself constantly scanning your Inbox to check up on emails you have not yet responded properly to? For many busy people,...
Use the 5D's to manage your Email Inbox Similar to the way we were encouraged to handle pieces of paper only once; the same is true of the way we handle emails. When dealing with large numbers of emails, think of it firstly as more of...