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‘urgent’ report you slaved over has been languishing in your If you don’t want to bite the bullet and say “no” (and there
colleague’s in-tray for a week? Establish just how urgent the are obviously going to be situations where you can’t),
request really is, and try to fit it into your plan. explain that you could start the new task, but changing your
schedule will delay another piece of work, and ask your
colleague to make that decision. Confirm the conversation
by email if necessary to avoid any future repercussions.
Finally, if you know you are going to unavoidably miss a
deadline, deal with it before the time. Nobody’s perfect,
deadlines are often flexible, but you run less of a risk of
annoying the person that is waiting for your work if you give
them fair warning it is going to be late.
Hopefully by applying some of these tips, you’ll be able
to speed through your workload and leave the office at a
reasonable time! But we’d love to know your top time-
saving tips – simply email your tip and your details to
competitions@filofax.co.uk by 1st May and the best
ten tips will win a Filofax Finsbury personal organiser in
raspberry grained leather.
Alternatively, be prepared to say “no” to requests that will
prevent you from achieving your objectives. But learn to For a whole variety of ways to brighten up your desk, and
say no in an acceptable way – be assertive, rather than get organised in the process, visit
www.filofax.co.uk.
aggressive (getting a reputation as the stroppy one in the
office isn
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