Oops!! Its tax time again
How will you prepare your information for preparing your tax returns this year? Will you trawl through all the paper and electronic files to find the information you need and sort it as you go? Or will you grab everything you can see that might be relevant and drop it into a box and take…
read more »The need for structure in your business
I’ve been on holiday in the South island of New Zealand for the past 2 weeks. That’s why this blog has been silent for a while. I took two cousins from England for a tour of the West Coast, southern lakes and Fiordland. We spent a lot of time in rain forest and it rekindled…
read more »What does gardening have in common with filing?
Last weekend I was in the garden cleaning up around the rengarenga lilies that had been home to snails for some time. (If you don’t know these plants, they form low bushes of long fleshy leaves and a myriad of white flowers in spring and summer). As I pulled off shredded leaves that the snails…
read more »Male secretaries – whatever next?
Organising what’s in your office, on your computer and working out what to do with all that email isn’t the most exciting part of your business. You’d much rather be working with your clients, earning money, networking with the aim of getting new clients and – well actually anything but filing papers or electronic files…
read more »Simply filing
Last week I wrote about the amount of time wasted in businesses because people can’t find bits of information quickly and easily. Following on from that, there are two important aspects to consider when it comes to organising your information. First you need to store it somewhere – and you need to be able to…
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