how can I get my work done when people interrupt me all day long?

A reader writes:

I manage a large team. I have employees at my door with questions at least 20 times a day — no joke. How am I to get anything done when staff come to visit when they are free at multiple different times a day plus satisfy my own workload but be an accessible leader? I’ve taken productivity trainings, read books, and use various platforms to stay organized, but I feel like all I do is add things to my task list or notebook.

I answer this question — and two others — over at Inc. today, where I’m revisiting letters that have been buried in the archives here from years ago (and sometimes updating/expanding my answers to them). You can read it here.

Other questions I’m answering there today include:

• My office wants to to offer “fun” but pointless perks
• Client always spells my name wrong

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