Strategies for Managing Remote Workplace Interruptions - Organization and Procrastination

Working from home you are nearly as likely to interrupt yourselves as to be interrupted by others. About 44 percent of interruptions are self-induced.

These interruptions can break your train of thought and slow your work pace. While interruptions, distractions, and intrusions at home are inevitable, it doesn't mean that they cannot be minimized or reduced. How you deal with interruptions and your strategies for handling their matters. The key to controlling interruptions is to know what they are and whether they are necessary and to plan for them.

Areas Covered in Session:

• Setting goals for the day
• What are the interruptions in your day?
• Identify Your Attitude about interruptions
• How To Plan For Interruptions
• How to Refocus after being Interrupted
• Strategies and Tips for Managing Interruptions
• How to Manage Your Relationships home and work
• How to create boundaries
• Learn to say “NO”
• How to Set Expectations
• Urgent versus Important-How to Prioritize
• Procrastination Pro's and Con's

• Supervisors
• Managers
• Front-line Employees who are Managing Others