Are your company's lips turning blue? In medicine, that's a sure sign of suffocation. In business, expect a similar result when clutter and disorganization choke off productivity.

And it's also a common side effect of the recent economic downturn. Downturns can bring financial and organizational uncertainty. Uncertainty kindles a renewed focus on headcount and bottom-line expenses. As a result, executives, managers, and employees are all being asked to work smarter and to do more with less.

In fact, organizational chaos of computer and paper files, helter-skelter office systems and years of accumulated clutter may be affecting your business in more ways than you realize, draining energy and enthusiasm from employees.

And in time of economic flux, optimizing productivity gives flexibility with headcount by letting natural employee attrition reduce staffing requirements without layoffs. And at the same time, empower and invigorate your staff with real-world organizational skills.

That's where With Time To Spare can help.

The program begins with a 3-hour seminar for small and large groups. Seminar demonstrates proven principles for developing a coherent information infrastructure for the office, loose papers, filing systems and storage rooms, shared drives, computer files and emails.

• Humorous presentation with audience interaction including presentation of case histories from real clients
• Motivational maxims to focus attention on key problems and real solutions
• Personalized, hands-on coaching for every individual in their office or at their workstation for the entire afternoon
• Optional second day hands-on follow-up to insure every individual can complete their organizational transformation

Following the seminar, the group strategizes and develops their FileMAP®. With Time To Spare faciliates the integration of individual and group work processes and the FileMAP® organizing system. The goals:

• Find any paper file, computer file or email in 15 seconds or less
• Save up to one hour a day
• Gain 25-40 % more file cabinet and computer hard drive space
• Apply the simple 5-step system to organize anything
• Track vital papers using the 3D system
• Create effective filenaming conventions
• Develop in-basket strategies to cut work in half
• Effectively use organizing supplies
• Take advantage of key time management tips and techniques
• Save hundreds of dollars on supplies
• Maintain order during times of high-stress and change
• Learn to enjoy your office-once again
• The joy of knowing where all of your "stuff" is!

After lunch, each participant returns to their office and reengineers their office work space, desk and desk drawers, file cabinets, personal storage area and loose papers to their customized FileMAP®.

At the end of the day, the participants meet back with the With Time To Spare trainer for review and concluding statements.

One week later, the same group reconvenes for Session 2, which begins with a one-hour seminar.

Following the seminar, the group strategizes how to extend their FileMAP® systems created in Session 1 to their computer files and emails, including shared resources and drives.

Starting before or after lunch, participants return to their offices or workstations and implement their extended FileMAPs® for personalized, hands-on coaching. By the end of the day, each participant has a reorganized computer file and document management system.