Leadership and Executive Development for women of all races, cultures and backgrounds
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d i v e r s i t y w o m a n . c o m Fa l l 2 0 1 5 D I V E R S I T Y W O M A N 13 THINKSTOCKPHOTOS Etc. Declutter Your Workspace Upfront > ONE Focus first on the area that gives you the most pain. Toss, recycle, or donate items you no longer need. For each item, think hard about why you have it. Family photos that inspire you? Keep. Gifts gathering dust? Folders from projects completed years ago? Out they go. TWO Divide the rest of your space into zones, and clear one zone at a time. Once you've started on a zone, don't tackle another until the items from the frst are bagged up and out of your ofce. THREE Plan to spend no more than three hours at a time decluttering. Making all those deci- sions is exhausting, and most people lose focus at the three- hour mark. FOUR Once you've cleared space, choose organiz- ing tools that will limit what you keep. Baker is a fan of stair-step fle holders for the desktop and magazine holders for reading material. When they fll up, that's your cue to let some items go. FIVE Schedule a regular time for maintenance. Tis is easy to overlook, Baker says, but essential for keeping clutter at bay. Straightening up for a few minutes at the end of each day or 15 minutes on Friday will keep your newly organized ofce—and you—feeling serene and efcient. A cluttered work- space saps your energy. Use these tips from Houston- based profession- al organizer Karen Baker to get your space clear and keep it that way. Diversity Trends A s diversity gains traction, it's being framed in fresh ways. Selena Rezvani, a diversity consultant and author of Pushback: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want, recently identified these five trends driving diversity efforts. 1 CEOs are speaking out about the importance of diversity, as Intel's Brian Krzanich did at this year's International Consumer Elec- tronics Show when announcing the company's $300 million Diversity in Technology initiative. 2 Diversity is increasingly seen as essential to innovation, as shown by such titles as the Corporation for Public Broadcast- ing's senior vice president for diversity and innovation. 3 Companies are mak- ing diversity of thought a priority. 4 In an ever more mul- ticultural world, promoting diversity is no longer just seen as "the right thing to do." More and more execu- tives are viewing it as crucial to the bottom line. 5 Innovative companies are harnessing technology—such as GapJumper's blind-interviewing and testing software—to combat unconscious bias in hiring and other obstacles to diversity. Shortcuts