How We Work

You've learned about our passion for creating a productive environment and the type of people we serve, now you’ll learn about the results that you can expect to achieve when working with us. We believe that our guiding beliefs and values, as well as our approach to client projects, really set us apart from other productivity consultants.

What kind of results can you expect when you work with us?

You will know what information you have, and how to quickly find it when you need it. Working together, we will design and implement a system to file information, either paper or electronic. The system is indexed with keywords to make it easier and quicker to retrieve information later. We will teach you how to make decisions about the information using the F.A.T. System™ (File-Act-Toss System™) and how to use the Art of Wastebasketry® to determine if you truly need to keep it.

You will know what to do with every new item that comes into your office. Using The Magic 6™, we will show you how and where to put everything. You may think that there are infinite options, but we have narrowed it down to six key areas and “in a pile on top of your desk” is not one of them. We guarantee that you can find any item that we put into the system in less than five seconds.

You will increase your daily productivity. Being able to find what you need when you need it will save you time every day. We will help you regain the time wasted looking for information so that you can spend it doing more important tasks.

You will improve your overall image with clients. The productive environment we help you create will improve your ability to respond quickly to client needs. We can help you clean off your desk, your floor, and overflowing filing cabinets which will give you an organized and professional appearance. Your productive environment will make a great first impression on new clients.

You will have a system that is easy to maintain and easy to teach to others. The system we design and implement will be customized to your business, but generic in a way that makes it easy for anyone to use. This is critical when it comes to training new employees or reassigning work within a department.

You will learn the skill of organizing and will be able to apply it to other areas of your business and your life. One of our main objectives is to teach you the skill or organizing. By working with us you will see it in action and then you will use it every day. We trust that over time you will find that you do not need us to guide you through the process.

Guiding Beliefs and Values

Personal productivity skills can be learned by everyone. Most people feel that you are either born organized or you are not. We admit that it comes easier to some than to others, but we believe that anyone who is willing to learn and open to change can learn to be organized and work productively.

Being organized does not mean being perfect. Often people assume that you must be a perfectionist to maintain an organized system. This is not true. Even the most organized individual can appear to have a messy desk or office at times. That is quite normal since they are busy during the day and often multitasking. The difference is that a professional with an organized, productive environment, can turn the chaos into order very quickly. It all has to do with knowing what to do and where to put things in your environment.

Being organized is not always pretty. You may have seen the magazines and television shows where the professional organizer and interior designer work together to make an aesthetically pleasing environment. In fact, an entire industry was built around beautifully color-coordinated containers on which people have spent millions of dollars trying to make their clutter look pretty. We believe that your environment should not only be pleasing to you, but it must be functional. If your idea of a storage container is a recycled shoe box, we support that, and we are committed to help you learn how to organize the contents of it.

Staying organizing is an ongoing process. You are never truly “finished” when it comes to organizing. Of course you can get to the point in a project where you feel that it is more or less done, but unless the space is a display in a museum, it is going to change and evolve constantly. We also believe that as your needs and circumstances change, your plan for organization changes.

How We Work

We’re flexible and we listen. Different clients have different needs. One size does not fit all. In our first initial meeting, the Productive Environment Audit™, we will be learning about your business and your organizing needs. We like to visit the location, meet the employees and learn all about their challenges and needs. We do our best to determine the priorities with each individual, but recognize that new challenges can arise during our work together.

We are excited about what we do. There is nothing more rewarding than watching an individual achieve the goals that they are striving towards. When that “light bulb moment” happens and they see that they can do it on their own, we know that we have done a good job.  We know that we can create “life-altering” and “life-long” change.

You are a client for life. We hope to create and maintain a relationship with you that will last far beyond our project work together.  If you have a question about the system we implemented, we are happy to assist you. If you need additional services, we are pleased to provide them for you. 

Our products and services come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We will do our very best to make sure that you achieve the results that you are looking for in our work together. If for any reason you are dissatisfied, we are happy to work with you at no additional charge to correct the problem or we will refund the fees you paid for our services.

What makes us special?

What makes us different is that we specialize in working with individuals, entrepreneurs, and small to medium size businesses who are interested in improving productivity. 

Tamara Meyer, Owner and Principal Consultant, is a Certified Productive Environment Specialist by the Productive Environment Institute. The Productive Environment Institute, founded by Barbara Hemphill, a veteran professional organizer and productivity consultant with over 30 years of experience, certifies only a select group of professional consultants. Only Productive Environment Specialists are able to deliver these high-quality products and services that are proven to be effective.

Unlike other productivity consultants, we leave you with a system you can maintain long after we are gone. We customize our services to meet individual personalities and the specific mission of your company. We hope to transfer our skills to you so that you will require less from us over time. Of course, our guarantee along with our commitment to excellence, means that we will always be there in the future should you need us.

Now that you have a better idea about the results you can expect, visit Our Consulting Services page to learn about the specific products and services we offer.