Sara Caputo, Productivity Coach, on Getting Organized

If you know that you need a better system - any system - for organization; if time seems to disappear, or you often feel rushed; if you lose control of your desk or spend what seems like too much of your time sorting, stacking, and sorting again; or if you have to use the "find" function to locate a document that you know is somewhere in your computer...

You are not alone, and I can help. I am Sara Caputo, Productivity Coach, which is also the name of my new column here at OfficeArrow. I'll answer your questions and share what I learn daily in my career as a productivity coach, trainer, and consultant for Radiant Organizing.

Some of the topics I look forward to discussing on OfficeArrow.com are:

• Successfully working with your individual needs, preferences, and work style to create a system that is customized for you
• Productivity and creativity: great teammates
• Time: where it goes and how to "tame" it
• Pile management: getting organized
• File systems, paper and digital: logical systems that will work for you, because you help design them
• Technology challenges: controlling email and messaging so they don't control you

I have a Masters of Arts degree in Organizational Psychology and work with individuals, groups, and large and small companies and nonprofits. I love helping people get organized; putting the "productivity" puzzle together is actually fun for me. It's why I love what I do!

Send your questions to me at sara@radiantorganizing.com. I'll respond here at OfficeArrow with ideas you can implement for a more productive working life.

Learn more about me and my work at www.radiantorganizing.com.