An average office worker has around 37 hours of office work that is left unfinished and likely to be sat in some sort of pile on the top of the office desk.

If an employer notes that an employee is getting drowned in piles of paperwork and files, an inbox full of unread emails and an office desk whose surface cannot be seen, then they can easily assume that the person is indeed very busy. However, it should be considered first as to whether the employee is actually a bad time manager and a bad organiser.

If it is you that has an office desk full of mountains of paperwork and a large number of unread emails it could be the result of someone putting off a decision. Look a little closer at the files and papers that are stacked on your office desk or sat in a tray. Clutter often means delayed decisions. To start organising yourself begin by filing the emails that are in your inbox and file physical papers as you go. Start speeding up your decision making process so you can deal with an issue the same day and move forward. If you adopt this new approach then clutter will quickly become a thing of the past.