Forget The Distractions

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If you are like me, you enjoy putting your head down and focusing on the work at hand. Sometimes this happens with the headphones on my office door shut, but other times it’s not quite so clear.  It can be hard to send a powerful “leave me alone” signal when you have an open door policy.  At our company, we value the ability to walk into a teammate or supervisors office for quick questions or important discussions, so it can be a challenge to get the time you need to focus on your work.  Interruptions can quickly derail your train of thought so here are a few other tricks that I have picked up to limit distractions and provide quiet time you need.

Tips To Tip The Scales

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One of the hardest things that I learned as being a project manager was simply, how to be a project manager?  I moved directly into the position out of college and was not even sure what it meant, so trying to figure out how, was harder than a Rubik’s cube.  I think the old adage of trail by fire stood true for me, but I have always believed that there is a better way to introduce new hires into the business.  If Project Managers collaborated on common trade knowledge across our industry and aggregated this information to an easy to understand list, I know we can make a difference to those just getting started in our exciting field.

Since the gurus have not yet made that list, here are just a few of the keys that I think helped me get off the ground in my first year.