Sherrie Suski explores key focal points in workplace time management.

1. Time management
Sherrie Suski

2. Know yourself
It is helpful to know when your energy is at
its peak- is that early morning, late night or
somewhere in between. This will help you
to plan critical activities for when your
energy level is the highest.

3. Multi-task
Multi-task wherever possible, especially
when something does not require your full
attention. When you give up the idea of
doing only one thing at a time and look for
ways to do two, you can get a whole lot
more done.

4. Touch email or paper once
We all have a tendency to want to “think
about” it for a bit and then answer which is
likely the answer you would have given in
the first place. Force yourself, unless there
is truly research that is needed, to answer
right away.

5. Start the night before
A big time saver is to lay out your next day
the night before. This allows you to hit the
ground running in the morning and not have
to stop and get organized.

6. Take a break
Often times taking a quick 10 minute break
will help you to re-focus and complete a task
in a shorter amount of time than if you had
stayed with it past your ability to really focus.

7. Determine what is urgent
and what isn’t
Not every e-mail that comes in must be answered
right away. Some of the best time managers only
answer their e-mails 1-2 times/day. If you just let
these conversations play out, you can catch the
last e-mail and be completely up to speed.