The OrderWITHIN Essence of Productivity Training is developed in modules that address the primary issues effecting people's ability to be both effective and efficient in the workplace. The training can be delivered in its entirety as a full-day training, or in individual or combined modules ranging in length from 1–4 hours. All material is fully customizable to your specific needs.

Productivity can be improved by developing habits and practices that serve you well in times of normal work flow, and support you in times of stress or crisis. Identify where your habits and practices aren't serving you well, and learn ways to begin developing more productive habits.

Learn to distinguish between the different types of paper you are called upon to handle, and systems for managing each type, including:

• Action items
• Reference materials
• Storage and archival documents
• Reading material

For many people, email is the #1 time waster and productivity killer. Learn...

• Ways of reducing the quantity of email you send and receive
• Skills for improving the quality of email you send
• Better email processing habits

Many of us have goals, but we can easily lose sight of them with the busy-ness of day-to-day demands. Learn a simple process for establishing goals, and tools to help you stay focused on accomplishing them.

We can't really manage time, but we can manage the choices we make to use our time more effectively. Learn to apply the 80/20 principal to enable you to spend more time on the "vital few." and less time on the "trivial many."

We all spend time in meetings, from a little to a lot, and unfortunately, meetings aren’t always as productive as they could be. Learn the top-ten meeting mistakes, and how to correct them to plan and conduct better meetings, and improve follow-through after your meetings.

Understand when you are participating in self-defeating behaviors that can reduce productivity and increase stress so that you can begin to make better-informed choices. We will address:

• Multitasking - when it works, and when it doesn’t
• Procrastination - its reasons, manifestations, and ways to overcome it
• Managing Interruptions - strategies for managing constant interruptions

Feng Shui and the 5-elements can be powerful allies in helping create a more balanced physical environment, and can have a harmonizing effect in the workplace. Utilizing the 5-elements can reduce stress, inspire creativity, improve focus, and increase energy. This training introduces the basic 5-element theory, and ways to incorporate the 5-elements in daily life and work in a balanced, energizing way.

Learn to use the Japanese principal of Kaizen to help you take small steps to achieve significant and sustainable results in being better organized and more productive.

What people are saying:

Barbara Browning's OrderWITHIN training and consulting service have changed the way I work.

My lack of systems to manage the day to day papers and requests that flow though my workstation has caused me to be unorganized, lose productivity, and caused unnecessary stress. After spending a small amount of time with Barbara and adopting her system, my workstation has transformed for good. For the first time in my career I am working with a clean desk, I know where everything is, and I am very organized and ready for the day.

A huge amount of unwanted and unnecessary anxiety has lifted and I am working more productive then I ever have before.

- Chris Dart, Vice President of Operations, The Danco Group