Archive for Time Management Tips
Manager Skills: Time Management For Busy Managers
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One of the most frequent questions I get asked by busy managers focuses upon the need to undertake effective time management.
How can we get everything done within short timescales?
How do we support our teams to deliver effectively, when it seems that everything which we need to get done should have been submitted yesterday?
Clear Desk Policy: Do You Have One?
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Are you drowning under a mountain of paperwork?
Do you have a stack of old emails and documents and reports cluttering your work space?
Or multi-coloured post-it notes decorating your computer screen?
Perhaps you have an interesting array of empty bottles, cans and sandwich wrappers strategically positioned around your desk?
If any of this sounds familiar, it may be time to introduce a clear desk policy.
The great news about this clear desk policy is that it does what it says on the tin.
Q&A With Randy Dean, “The E-mail Sanity Expert”
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Randy Dean
Q&A With Randy Dean, “The E-mail Sanity Expert”, and author of Taming the E-mail Beast: 45 Key Strategies for Better Managing Your E-mail Overload (and Regaining Your E-mail Sanity!)
So, Randy, can you tell me about what is going on in the e-mail spectrum right now? Why has e-mail become such a bane to productivity, when it should be a huge help?
Randy:
How To Optimise Your Time
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The best way to utilise your time effectively is to identify the goals you first need to achieve. We usually feel that we have far too many things to accomplish and need to deliver on too many promises. This makes us feel overwhelmed which leads us to give up and choose to do nothing instead.
We sulk and complain about how much work we have instead of actually doing anything. Of course complaining is not necessarily a bad thing. Talking about how we feel can be very healthy for us. But there is a fine line between always complaining and blowing off steam. It is good to release our emotions every now and then. However, when we start using this excuse to stop working then we are simply wasting precious time.
Hi, Andrew Rondeau here. I have over 25 years of hands-on management experience within a diverse range of different industries including retail, manufacturing, finance and IT. I’ve managed teams of up to 1000 individuals, managing numerous $multi-million projects, mergers, acquisitions and company sales.
