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Time Management |
I am sure I have given these
time management tips before in my books,
on this blog, or in other articles.
However, I thought a refresher would be
a good idea.
- Keep a log of what you
are doing to make sure you are always doing the
most important tasks. You do not want to
fill your days with minor efforts or unnecessary jobs. So plan your workday by
setting high,
medium, and low priorities on tasks.
- Keep interruptions short by not letting the other person sit down. Once they sit down, it will be harder to get
them out of your office or workspace. So
stand up when they come in and they will typically stay standing too.
- Arrange your work area where you do not see people traffic flow, if possible. If you are in line of the traffic flow, you
will get distracted. Being close to the
people moving about also makes it easier for them to drop-in, which disrupts
your workflow (see #2).
- Ask the members of your
team about time wasters. Find out what you do that they feel wastes
their time. This may be a little hard
for them to say so let them know it is for mutual benefit in managing
time. Knowing everyone’s time-wasters
could save you and others time in the future.
- Make your meetings more
effective and efficient! I had said this before - plan your time together
so none of you wastes each other’s time.
That means having an agenda
(3 T's) for efficiency (getting the right things done) during the meeting
and recording actions (3 W’s)
for effectiveness afterwards.
The Plus 5’s in my post title refers to
articles I have recently published with either five additional time management
tips/tricks or that provide a little more detail for the above tips. If you review those articles too you will have a total of fifteen tips. To review the additional time management tips, visit these links.
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