Conquering Chaos at Work: Strategies for Managing Disorganization and the People Who Cause It

by Harriet Schechter

Book Overview

Are you a Mess Maven suffering from Paperosis Misplacea? Do you work with a Deadline Deadbeat or have Phone-o-phobic clients? Have you ever felt overwhelmed or overloaded?
For anyone struggling with too many projects, too little time, and too much paper, organizing guru Harriet Schechter -- aka The Miracle Worker -- offers innovative methods for conquering the five types of workplace chaos: Time, Memory, Communication, Information, and Projects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684863146
• ISBN13: 9780684863146
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

I am saved.....

At last!!!! Harriet Schecthter's inspirational book "Conquering Chaos at Work" is here and it's a gem, providing practical, no nonsense solutions to those organizational challenges that frustrate us daily at work."Conquering Chaos at Work" fills a gaping void in previous organizational literature by not only addressing and resolving where our personal attempts to get organized may have failed, but also providing vital suggestions and systems to encourage and help the organizationally impaired people around us who may impact negatively on our own effectivess."Conquering Chaos at Work" is a must for anyone who aspires to becoming more effective at work and at life.Do yourself and your organization a big favour and pop one in your shopping trolley now!!!!

Great Book!

Harriet Schechter's Conquering Chaos at Work is fun to read and very comprehensive. It covers different types of chaos creators and provides methods to deal effectively with these habits, whether they exist in ourselves or other people. In describing the way that people can contribute to unnecessary disorganization, the book does more than describe general behavior and various tips to overcome these tendencies - she gives interesting case histories as well. This is part of what makes it fun to read! It has just the right balance of substance and light-heartedness. I highly recommend it as an easy read that is well worth referring to again and again.

A Business Book At The Beach?

I took this book with me on vacation and said to myself, "I will just skim through it." After the first few pages I was hooked. I couldn't put it down. I think the reason I found it so compelling is that as the author is describing the different types of chaos creators I kept saying to myself, "Oh my God, she's talking about so and so." I was able to gain a lot of insight into the people I deal with and why they do the things they do. But the best part is she explains how to deal with them. I can't believe I read a business book cover to cover while sitting on the beach. (That in itself is the highest praise I could offer.) But it didn't feel like I was reading the typical dry and boring business book. As I already said it was relevant. It was also humorous and entertaining as well as practical and insightful. This is maybe the best business book I have ever read.

Million dollar advice for a small business

This book is perfect for any size business, but especially useful for a small or start-up business trying to better organize what it does. We followed her advice step by step and transformed a file system that resembled "The Bermuda Triangle" into a well thought-out valuable asset. The book is well organized (naturally) and a fun read.

Outstanding book that really helped my employees.

Second book that my wife and I have read from Harriet Schechter. Like the first book this book was full of useful and informative ideas for saving us time and organizing our lives and businesses. My wife is a supervisor at a automobile insurance company. She began reading this book and did not want to be disturbed until she was done. The next day when she went to work she applied some of the principles she had learned from the book to her employees and fellow supervisors. She was really helped by what she had learned from this book. Since I'am self employed I too have really benefited from this book. This book gets our best of the best rating because it was so informative and really helped improve our lives. Thank you Harriet Schechter!