http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Audrey+Thomas Business Management Audrey Thomas Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=569391&ca=Business+Management Interruptions are bound to happen. People walk into your office. Your phone rings. You feel as if you’re the most popular person in the office! You need to get your work done but you also don’t want to ignore others as they pop into your cubicle to catch up on the weekend’s activities. Curbing inter... Business Management Audrey Thomas Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=569392&ca=Business+Management Ask any corporate employee about the number of meetings they are asked to attend and you’ll no doubt hear moans and groans. According to a 2009 poll conducted by Organized Audrey, LLC, 42% of people said they spend 4 or more hours each week in meetings. 41% of people polled said an agenda is followe... Business Management Audrey Thomas Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=569394&ca=Business+Management Research and statistics are hard to ignore. According to a 2009 poll conducted by Organized Audrey, LLC 54% of people said they get copied unnecessarily on more than three e-mails a day. E-mail usage is on the rise and so is the work load of the average American worker. E-mail has become one of thos... Business Management Audrey Thomas Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=569396&ca=Business+Management What’s causing you to be disorganized? Ask a dozen people why they think they experience disorganization and you’ll hear a dozen different answers. Some of the most common reasons include: •I don’t have enough storage space. •I was never disorganized until I got married or had kids. •I don’t know ho... Business Management Audrey Thomas Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=569398&ca=Business+Management Stuff. We all have it. Some of us have more than we know what to do with. So where do we begin in order to get better organized? Lean Manufacturing and Lean Office principles have taught us the 5S way of keeping an area clean and clear of clutter. When we have clutter sitting around we grow accustom... Business Management Audrey Thomas Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=769608&ca=Business+Management Some would agree that the first three steps of Lean Office 5S are the easiest. Sort and purge the contents of your office. Straighten by putting things away in designated areas. And then Sweep - keep the area clean. In order to keep your office from returning to its original state, be sure to carry... Business Audrey Thomas Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=769612&ca=Business Workers everywhere admit they are often overwhelmed by the stacks of paper found in their offices, at home and in life in general. While most of us were taught specifics relating to phone or computer skills, very few people were ever taught filing techniques. Momma might have taught you how to do la... Parenting Audrey Thomas Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=767453&ca=Parenting Have you ever played the Matching Game with a toddler? Who usually wins? In many cases it’s the toddler who has an incredible memory for remembering what was where just a moment ago. They seem to know exactly where things are and where to go to retrieve them. If only adults could apply a toddler’s s... Business Audrey Thomas Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=767458&ca=Business We’ve all seen pictures of a workbench pegboard with outline drawings for each tool. Perhaps we’ve chuckled at the anal-ness of it or maybe we’ve secretly hoped we could be that organized. Pegboard outlines are a prime example of Straightening and Setting in Order, the 2nd step of the 5S process of... Business Audrey Thomas Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=767462&ca=Business Waste of Inventory, as defined by the Toyota Production System, is easier to spot in a manufacturing setting than in an office. Be assured, though, it�s there! Waste in a plant is usually quite visible. On the surface it�s easy to see raw materials and resources that aren�t being used . Piles...