Your office is your home away from home and where you spend the better part of your day. An unorganized office can create anxiety, cause you to be less productive and give the appearance to your clients that you are not as professional as you really are.
Having a plan of attack and some easy solutions will help with productivity and that professional image that you need for success.
If papers run you down and you have them everywhere, get control of your clutter and free up some space. Sort your papers into piles:
A) Shred it
B) Toss it
C) File it
Keeping your filing up to date helps to keep your office functional and tidy. Color coded systems and file folders are also a great way to stay organized. Your files contain important information for your business and clearly marked folders will make finding those documents easy.
Consider purchasing a good label maker for a clean, professional look. Label makers can be purchased at almost any office supply store and online.
Can’t find that last invoice, receipt or piece of mail?
Create folders for incoming mail, outgoing mail, bills to be paid and paid bills.
By creating folders for each category, your troubles with keeping up will easily be solved. This is a simple and effective way of keeping these papers under control without spending too much money and time.
Do you ever find yourself searching high and low for the manual for your office equipment and then spend time searching on the internet only to find that it’s not the make and model of the one you have? Don’t worry, a quick and easy solution for this is to organize your manuals in a binder for easy access. Placing these manuals into clear plastic protectors and putting them into a binder will provide a safe and easy solution.
Keeping your drawers free of clutter will help you find things fast and easy. Dollar store baskets, bins and containers are a great storage solution for organizing your office supplies such as:
Sticky notes, tabs and stickers
Tools - Staples, staplers, staple removers, and letter openers
Writing Utensils - Pens, pencils, erasers, liquid paper, felt pens, and markers
Mail – Envelopes, stamps, and mailing labels
Make sure to categorize your bins. Organized drawers are more functional and help make your daily operations smooth. It’s also satisfying to see that all of your office needs are kept in one place.
Printers and printer supplies are a key piece of equipment for most offices. Designate a space for these items to call home. Wireless printers are a great solution as you can place the printer on a nearby shelf, freeing up desk space.
If you have enough space in your office for a shelving cabinet, these are perfect for storing extra supplies such as paper, folders and office supplies. Keeping these office items out of site creates a clean and tidy look.
Your office is getting decluttered and you are feeling great! But there are still spaces that can be utilized. All offices have walls and this is one area that we often overlook. Going vertical! Use the walls to hang filing systems, whiteboards, corkboards or shelving. The possibilities are endless.
Floating Shelves look great and are an affordable storage solution that provide organizational spaces.
Computer and electronic cords can drive anyone crazy. They are messy, create chaos and make your work space difficult to work in. Using tubbing for your PC’s, monitors, phones, printers and other electronic devices can help alleviate the tangled cord jungle.
A great product for managing your cord jungle is a cable slinky. Zap straps are also another great solution and can be found at any Dollar Store.
If your home office is not working and you need a professional office space, Elite Self Storage has offices for rent that are fully serviced with everything included. High speed internet, office furniture and utilities. Just show up and work.
Have you decluttered your office and still need more space? Let Elite Self Storage in Edmonton help by providing a space to store your additional furniture, inventory, or seasonal items. With unheated drive up storage and indoor heated storage units of various sizes, we can accommodate all your business storage needs.
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