I’ll sum up what’s been working for me:
Broken record technique (love it, love it, love it) closed door policy for my boss when he has deadlines to meet (managed to convince him it was a good idea!) the 10 second delay to looking up from my screen when someone is hovering by my desk The ‘can it wait 20 minutes, I’m just in the middle of something’ line – GENIUS
Finally, I have convinced my boss about the team cover idea (i.e. team covers your phone and any queries for 1 hour per week, so you can get stuff done)
Thanks Paul! All of these are working for me!
