Is your desk so cluttered that you hardly have enough surface area left to actually do your work? Does it take you more than a minute to find a pen that actually has ink or the right documents for your boss? If your answers lean more toward yes than no, then it's no wonder your performance rating has dropped! In an article on Forbes.com, Peter Walsh, organization guru at Oprah Winfrey's OWN, says, “If you have a cluttered office, you risk being seen as inefficient or not on top of your work.”

Don't give your boss or your co-workers the wrong impression! Click through the gallery to find out how you can stay on top of your paper pile!

(Photos by Mike Dee)