All too often, we reach the end of the workday and feel frustrated at all we didn’t get done. From avalanches of email to endless (often pointless) meetings to the arduous process of making decisions “by committee,” the modern workplace can feel like it’s designed to keep you from checking things off of your to-do list.

We sat down with Dennis Collins, senior director of marketing at West’s Unified Communication Services, to get some tips on how to maximize your nine-to-five every day. In its two decades providing UC services, the company has amassed quite the collection of market research, thought leadership and customer use cases. Click through to see the top things Collins says we can all do to create a more productive workday.