Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Business Owners
Overwhelmed and Under Piles? Have No Time? Can’t Find Those Files?
Most busy professionals know that being well-organized means they’ll be more productive, have more time, control, and less stress in their day. Many also know that minimizing the cost of wasted time increases their bottom line.
If you thought you were born without an “organizing” gene, guess what? The good news is that it’s a learned skill, just like reading or driving. After all, we weren’t born knowing those skills, either. You can get--and stay--organized!
The Cost of Disorganization to a Company
According to Office World News, the average U.S. executive spends 150 hours a year looking for lost or misplaced documents, while the Wall Street Journal reported that the average U.S. executive loses an average of six weeks a year searching for misfiled, misplaced, or mislabeled papers. Take your pick--150 or 240--and multiply by an “executive” hourly rate. Here’s a start:
At $56 per hour (the U.S. Department of Labor’s average for
all management occupations in the greater Boston area), the cost of disorganization is between $8,400 and $13,440 ...
per executive per year.
At $26 per hour (the average for all occupations in the greater Boston area), that cost is between $3,900 and $6,240 ...
per employee per year.
A Gartner Group Survey found that the average organization:
- makes 19 copies of each document
- spends $20 in labor to file each document
- spends $120 in labor searching for each misfiled document
- loses one out of every 20 documents
- spends 25 hours recreating each lost document
- spends 400 hours per year searching for lost files
International Data Corporation reported that an enterprise employing 1,000 knowledge workers wastes $48,000 per week,
or nearly $2.5 million per year, due to the inability to locate and retrieve information.
Getting Organized Is Easier Than You Think!
Imagine being able to say:
- “I have more time in the day!”
- “I can quickly respond to my customers!”
- “I can find it . . . when I need it!”
- “I have time to find new clients!”
- “I can leave the office at a reasonable hour on a regular basis!”
Organize Your Space and Time so You Increase Your Bottom Line
Hi! I’m Sue Weiss, and I've loved helping busy professionals in the greater Boston area “conquer the clutter” with client-oriented solutions for managing paper, electronic files, space, and time since 1999. Whether working one-on-one or with groups, I teach simple skills and strategies anyone can use to finally become better organized. The results? You experience:
- Less chaos and stress
- More time and control
- Increased productivity
- Peace of mind!
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