You're trying to focus on personal tasks. How do you handle interruptions from colleagues?

With grace and patience, because I realize I do the same although I do try to start with — Do you have a moment so the power is their court. I appreciate when people do the same.

Establish expectations around when you are available and inform them that you will be unavailable outside of these times unless it is an emergency. If they overstep this boundary, gently remind them that you will not be able to respond to requests outside of the agreed-upon time.

Comunique seus horários de concentra??o e disponibilidade. Por exemplo, você pode informar seus colegas que você está disponível para intera??es somente antes das 10h e após as 15h. Se possível, escolha um local específico para trabalhar que indique visualmente que você está focado e n?o disponível para interrup??es, como uma cabine de trabalho ou um espa?o com portas fechadas.

Signalling is yet another way to manage disruptions from colleagues.However, if colleagues do no know or understand it, it loses meaning.Its important to use signals that your colleagues are acclimatised to for instance hand signals, and any other non-verbal messages.Some colleagues are always fond of disrupting, even over small matters that aren't urgent/can wait, in this case setting clear boundaries becomes useful.They just disrupt for the sake of disrupting even very well knowing that, your doing an urgent and important task.

Pode-se usar também sinaliza??es visuais como uma placa ou um sinal de “N?o Perturbe” na sua mesa ou área de trabalho. Ou configure seu status em ferramentas de comunica??o (como Slack ou Teams) para “Focado” ou “N?o Disponível” durante seus períodos de concentra??o.

Yo trabajo desde mi casa entonces no soy interrumpida con frecuencia, pero recuerdo cuando trabajaba en una oficina con muchas personas en el mismo espacio que era interrumpida bastante y aveces era yo la que molestaba a mis compa?eros con pláticas, es bastante complicado establecer límites en estos casos

Planejamento: Comece o dia listando suas tarefas mais importantes e urgentes. Use técnicas como a Matriz de Eisenhower para categorizar tarefas por urgência e importancia. Tempo Dedicado: Aloca blocos de tempo específicos para trabalhar em tarefas prioritárias sem interrup??es. Use métodos de gest?o de tempo, como a Técnica Pomodoro, para manter o foco.

Prioritisation is key in doing different tasks, some tasks require urgent attention while others can be done at a later time(Not urgent but important).Its therefore, important to weigh all the tasks,and respond accordingly depending on the urgency.

Communication is important while handling interruptions, I believe by staying calm and composed you can handle the situation if it's not urgent and request your colleague to wait in a very humble way so that he feels his words are heard and valued..

From my experience at the work place,some colleagues may not know that your focusing/doing something that doesn't need disruptions.They may need an urgent answers or clarifications, hence, give them the attention while telling them your concentrating on a very important task which requires minimal disruptions.In this way, they will understand, and even alert other colleagues to give you some space until you complete the task. Alternatively, they can write down whatever message they would wish to pass on a sticky note to you.Its upto to you to either respond immediately or after the task.