Organizing Office Workflow Priorities

This past Saturday I gave a talk in my local area about Goals and Time Management.  Some of us that were there currently do a lot of our business work from home and realize how important it is to be organized with workflow.  So we talked a little bit about how easy it can be to get distracted by other tasks such as housework or even by time consumers like facebook since it can be so much fun-facebook, not the housework!  So I shared with everyone a picture that I had recently about how I should prioritize my office work.   Knowing just how easy it is to get caught up doing all the little stuff, like making phone calls, checking facebook, cranking out emails, while the more important and longer tasks may take a back seat.

So the picture I had in my head was a triangle.  With the tipy top being where I should start by concentrating on the most important/critical task.  A critical task could be a project with a deadline, a task I need to complete that affects someone else getting their work done, a task that affects my bottom line or maybe even just a task that I am putting off or procrastinating on.  It happens.

Then coming down from the triangle as it gets wider, would be a flow of all the other smaller, less critical tasks.  That’s where the phone calls, texts, facebook updates can fall into place.  It’s easy to knock out the little stuff, but are those tasks really getting you closer to your goals?  Organize you workflow priorities and see things get done!

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