Tips for home office organization

How many of you have filed a paper and never returned to reference it? According to the National Association of Professional Organizers, the average employee spends 400 hours per year searching for paper documents.

Are there a lot of disorganized people in your office?
Brother International Corporation conducted a study in 2010 finding that 86 percent of survey respondents felt that a disorganized, or cluttered workspace is considered “unprofessional.” Eighty percent also agreed that someone who is disorganized “hurts the productivity of the whole office.”

One can avoid becoming another statistic with a little organization. Here are some tips to follow that will be covered in this week’s episode of Home Matters:

Set up your desk to create a Flow of Paper

Create an Action File

Keep your desk top clear of clutter and think paperless

Email organizing tips

Don’t let yourself get caught in an unorganized day-to-day grind. It’s never too late to create structure and a zen work flow. Special guest Elizabeth Bowman of Innovatively Organized joined this week’s edition of Home Matters where she talked about how to organize home office spaces.