InterQuest Group’s 5 Top Tips
for Working Smarter

PRIORITISE
1
TASKS
ASSESS ALL OF THE TASKS THAT YOU
NEED TO COMPLETE, PRIORITISING
THEM BY WHICH ONES NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED AND HOW MUCH WORK
WILL BE INVOLVED. TRY TO KEEP ALL
OF YOUR TASKS LISTED IN ORDER OF
THEIR IMPORTANCE AND THE TIME
FRAME THAT THEY NEED ADDRESSING.

AVOID
MULTITASKING
2
TRY TO FOCUS ON ONE TASK AT A TIME. IT IS
EASY TO BECOME DISTRACTED BY OTHER
TASKS IN YOUR WORKLOAD AND TO START
MULTITASKING, BUT THE BEST RESULTS
WILL COME FROM GIVING EACH TASK YOUR
FULL CONCENTRATION AND TICKING THEM
OFF YOUR LIST ONE BY ONE. THIS WILL
ENABLE YOU TO BUILD MOMENTUM AND
GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR WORK
TOWARDS EACH SPECIFIC TASK.

3
SET DEADLINES
TIME MANAGEMENT PLAYS A BIG PART IN WORKING SMARTER.
FOR THIS REASON IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO DIVIDE A BIG
PROJECT OR TASK INTO MANAGEABLE SECTIONS THAT YOU
CAN THEN SET YOURSELF DEADLINES FOR. YOUR OWN
DEADLINES SHOULD BE ACHIEVABLE AND MADE WITH THE
OVERALL PROJECT IN MIND.

4
STAY ORGANISED
KEEPING ORGANISED MIGHT SOUND OBVIOUS, BUT IT IS EASY
TO FORGET IN A BUSY WORKING ENVIRONMENT. BEING
ORGANISED SHOULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM KEEPING
YOUR DESK TIDY TO USING YOUR OUTLOOK CALENDAR FOR
MEETINGS AND USING SEPARATE FOLDERS FOR EMAILS.
ORGANISATION IS KEY TO MANAGING A BUSY WORKLOAD.

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