Tracy Organizing Consultant

Stephany Smith Gonser

An excess of clutter and the inability to quickly located needed items can be a distraction in the business world. Business people spend about thirty minutes each day looking for important items that have been misplaced, put in the wrong place, or is hidden in a mountain of clutter. Hope is not lost because Tracy now has a new consultant who specializes in helping people to get organized for efficiency.

   Formally trained with a bachelor’s degree in business from California Polytechnic State University in San Louis Obispo, Stephany Smith Gonser has made a career out of organizing things to make people’s lives more enjoyable.

After graduating from college with her business degree in International Management, she worked for several large companies doing purchasing and contract management. When she decided to leave the corporate world and start her own business, she chose to consult in a field that she enjoys, which is helping people to get organized. She opened the doors to her new business in Newark, CA in 1997 and then moved to San Leandro. She moved her business to Tracy last February, but waited until August to formally launch here business here.

I had the pleasure to spend a few minutes talking with Stephany about problems she routinely solves for her clients. It seems that clutter is a significant problem in the business world and she gave me a new perspective on clutter by saying that, “Clutter is basically a delayed decision.”
 

  Her remark about clutter being delayed decisions hit home. When I returned to my office, which is in my home, I looked around at the items that had accumulated and realized that Stephany was correct. She motivated me to start making those decisions and begin addressing the decisions so I could put the items away or dispose of them. When I set something down now, I ask myself how long I will allow it to sit before I must make the appropriate decision. My new perspective has prevented a lot of clutter from forming in my office.

Typical organizing jobs range from a couple of appointments to several months, depending on the size and complexity of the job. Stephany typically begins with an interview and assessment to determine the proper course of action for the client. Sometimes she needs to sit and observe people working in order to see opportunities. She then teaches people how to better handle the materials or paperwork. She then helps the people organize the materials by developing a simple solution that can be worked in the long run.

Her target markets are small companies, busy business professionals, and estate planners. She explains that it’s much easier to settle an estate by getting papers organized for elderly people while they are around to answer questions and clarify what is important and what is simply being retained.
 

Stephany markets her services through referrals from satisfied clients. Most of her clients are in the San Francisco Bay Area, but she is working to build up her local clientele in the Tracy area. She told me that she was driving through a mall parking lot and a person flagged her down after seeing her license plate frame that reads: “Hire a Professional Organizer.”

 Stephany says that January is national “Get Organized” month and she is prepared to consult to anyone who is ready to get organized. Her business web site can be viewed at: PutSimply.com or she can be reached by phone at: 209-814-2665, or e-mail her at: stephany@putsimply.com.
 

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