The document is a presentation on time management by a group of students submitted to Sir Ishfaq. It outlines various obstacles to effective time management like unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, periods of inactivity, having too many things to do at once, stress, and fatigue. It distinguishes between minor time wasters like interruptions and unwanted visitors from major ones like procrastination and lack of direction. Steps provided for effective time management include setting specific, measurable goals; prioritizing tasks; learning to say no; organizing work; avoiding procrastination; and delegating responsibilities appropriately.
This document provides tips for avoiding unnecessary meetings and guidelines for making meetings more effective when they are truly needed. It suggests asking whether a meeting is really needed or if the discussion could happen without one. When meetings are necessary, it recommends keeping them focused by having clear agendas, allowing all attendees to participate, limiting distractions, and periodically evaluating the meeting process. The document also shares links to collaboration tools like Google Drive and provides a checklist for best practices to ensure meetings are productive.
This document contains proprietary information about team huddles prepared by Navigant Technologies for a client. The document discusses:
1) The importance of team huddles in allowing managers to share updates, recognize employees, and build team cohesion.
2) Key topics that should be discussed in huddles including process updates, HR issues, and personal updates about employees.
3) Ways to make huddles more impactful such as recognizing improvements, not just top performance, and discussing both professional and personal matters.
Daily huddle meetings aim to keep team members updated, clear priorities for the day, and provide tools to complete tasks. Effective daily huddles are concise (15 minutes or less), discuss priorities and blockers, and energize participants. Combining daily huddles with weekly planning allows teams to take a longer view and better prepare for threats.
The document discusses time management techniques. It outlines learning objectives around making the most of time, identifying time wasters, developing action plans, prioritizing tasks, and increasing effectiveness. It defines time management as developing processes and tools to increase efficiency and productivity. Finally, it provides tips for avoiding procrastination, setting goals, dealing with disorganization, handling emails and phone calls effectively, and rewarding accomplishments.
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This document discusses how to stop feeling overwhelmed by "shoulds", "musts", and "have tos" that are imposed by others or society. It recommends identifying one's true priorities in life and building a time management system around those priorities instead of treating them as interruptions. Common time management mistakes include a lack of planning, prioritization, or clarity on goals. The document suggests spending time defining one's ideal future and top five priorities in terms of health, relationships, business, and self-fulfillment. It then offers free sessions to help recipients clarify their priorities and next steps.
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I will share things I’ve learned while managing complicated multisite collaboration projects with big international teams and a large number of stakeholders. Only real experience and useful hints. For those, who want to become a Producer, or already in managerial position.
The document lists 25 ways for employees to take initiative at work, including seeking more responsibilities, solving problems, helping others, overdelivering, doing projects others avoid, being creative, improving processes, referring candidates, saving time and money, dressing professionally, and making good decisions. The overall message is that taking initiative can help employees succeed in their career through actions such as taking on more tasks, helping solve issues, contributing new ideas, and representing the company well.
This document provides tips for avoiding unnecessary meetings and guidelines for making meetings more effective when they are truly needed. It suggests asking whether a meeting is really needed or if the discussion could happen without one. When meetings are necessary, it recommends keeping them focused by having clear agendas, allowing all attendees to participate, limiting distractions, and periodically evaluating the meeting process. The document also shares links to collaboration tools like Google Drive and provides a checklist for best practices to ensure meetings are productive.
This document contains proprietary information about team huddles prepared by Navigant Technologies for a client. The document discusses:
1) The importance of team huddles in allowing managers to share updates, recognize employees, and build team cohesion.
2) Key topics that should be discussed in huddles including process updates, HR issues, and personal updates about employees.
3) Ways to make huddles more impactful such as recognizing improvements, not just top performance, and discussing both professional and personal matters.
Daily huddle meetings aim to keep team members updated, clear priorities for the day, and provide tools to complete tasks. Effective daily huddles are concise (15 minutes or less), discuss priorities and blockers, and energize participants. Combining daily huddles with weekly planning allows teams to take a longer view and better prepare for threats.
The document discusses time management techniques. It outlines learning objectives around making the most of time, identifying time wasters, developing action plans, prioritizing tasks, and increasing effectiveness. It defines time management as developing processes and tools to increase efficiency and productivity. Finally, it provides tips for avoiding procrastination, setting goals, dealing with disorganization, handling emails and phone calls effectively, and rewarding accomplishments.
30 Minute Masterclass| How to manage your Life TimeMarianne Page
This document discusses how to stop feeling overwhelmed by "shoulds", "musts", and "have tos" that are imposed by others or society. It recommends identifying one's true priorities in life and building a time management system around those priorities instead of treating them as interruptions. Common time management mistakes include a lack of planning, prioritization, or clarity on goals. The document suggests spending time defining one's ideal future and top five priorities in terms of health, relationships, business, and self-fulfillment. It then offers free sessions to help recipients clarify their priorities and next steps.
Being a producer: Hints, lessons learned and best practicesDevGAMM Conference
Kirill Bragin, Associate Producer, Ubisoft
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The document lists 25 ways for employees to take initiative at work, including seeking more responsibilities, solving problems, helping others, overdelivering, doing projects others avoid, being creative, improving processes, referring candidates, saving time and money, dressing professionally, and making good decisions. The overall message is that taking initiative can help employees succeed in their career through actions such as taking on more tasks, helping solve issues, contributing new ideas, and representing the company well.
This document discusses the benefits of walking meetings and walking communities at work. It notes that people sit for over 9 hours per day on average, more than they sleep, and that sitting increases health risks. It then provides tips for incorporating more walking into the workday such as taking walking breaks, using a mobile phone for calls while walking, planning walks with colleagues, and suggesting walking meetings instead of sitting meetings. Finally, it discusses online walking communities as a way to socialize walking and find walking partners.
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This document provides tips for effectively conducting business meetings. It recommends sticking to facts rather than emotions, being punctual and managing time well, and selecting a comfortable meeting place. Research shows engagement drops off after 30 minutes, so meetings should be kept to 15-25 minutes maximum. Early items tend to get more attention regardless of importance, so the agenda should be used strategically. Breaking long meetings into pieces allows people to relax and refocus their attention.
This document provides an overview of a training module on designing and facilitating effective meetings. The module discusses important considerations for meetings such as determining the purpose and desired outcomes, inviting the right participants, creating an agenda, establishing guidelines, assigning roles, and following up after the meeting. Tips are provided for both in-person and virtual meetings, such as keeping people engaged through the facilitator, addressing technology issues, and having a plan to deal with them. The homework involves reading additional resources on running productive meetings and designing and facilitating a practice meeting.
This document discusses time management techniques for professionals. It covers defining time management, aspects like planning and goal setting, why it's necessary for productivity and career success, common obstacles, and strategies for prioritizing tasks, saying no, using waiting time effectively, setting goals, and celebrating accomplishments. The overall message is that professionals must organize their time well to achieve goals and avoid stress from poor time management.
Module 4: Emerging Nonprofit Leaders - Building Social Awareness SKillsBeth Kanter
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The document discusses essential time management strategies for profiting from prioritizing. It identifies common time management problems like being too busy, playing catch-up, and dealing with distractions. It recommends planning daily tasks, prioritizing by importance versus urgency, organizing work into time slots, setting boundaries, and reducing distractions. The key strategies are to set objectives, plan extensively, prioritize and organize work, reduce distractions, set boundaries, and create new habits. It offers time management services, products, and advice.
This document discusses time management and provides 10 reasons for failure in time management. It notes that while time flies, we are in control as the pilots of our own schedules. The 10 reasons for poor time management are: failing to keep a to-do list, not setting personal goals, not prioritizing tasks, failing to manage distractions, procrastinating, taking on too much work, thriving on being busy, multitasking, not taking breaks, and ineffective scheduling. The document warns that without effective time management, one will be left feeling unproductive at the end of each day.
Meetings Suck - A 10 Step Program to Better Meetings!Doland White
Meeting Suck - A 10 Step Program to Better Meetings focuses on where we spend countless hours that can never be recovered ... meetings. You and I know most meetings suck. Yes they do. They suck because people don't follow 10 simple - proven - steps to make them successful.
Here you go. Try these steps. Ad you own flavor to them. But I promise .. I promise if you do these your meetings will stand out and people will show up and stay awake!
On average, 1/3 of the meetings we attend are a waste of time. Effective meeting preparation can help reduce the number of meetings you have AND ensure the ones you do have are worthwhile. The team from Meeteor shares how to prepare a thoughtful agenda. -- Originally presented at NY OpCon.
www.meeteor.com
Time management is understanding how much time we have and using it effectively. It involves setting goals, planning, prioritizing and scheduling tasks. We need time management to save time, reduce stress, and function effectively. Obstacles to effective time management include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions and periods of inactivity. The first step to better time management is setting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-based goals and prioritizing tasks.
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The document provides 100 tips on how to succeed in life. It suggests defining success on your own terms, having a big dream and clear vision, taking action through small regular steps, persevering through challenges, learning from mistakes, having confidence and finding a support system. The overall message is that succeeding in life involves goal-setting, personal growth, hard work, helping others, and continual self-improvement.
This document discusses time management and provides tools and techniques for improving it. It begins by explaining the objectives of learning to understand the importance of time management, use prioritization tools, and identify time wasters. It then uses the analogy of a bank account of time to illustrate that each person is credited with 86,400 seconds each day that cannot be saved for tomorrow. Several examples are given to demonstrate the value of specific time periods. Barriers to time management and techniques like priority lists, Covey's time matrix, and file organization are presented. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of personal organization.
The document discusses the "product management trap" where product managers spend all their time with R&D and become disconnected from other parts of the business. It identifies seven bad signs of being in the trap, such as not being involved in strategic discussions or revenue numbers. The document provides tips for avoiding the trap, including understanding business operations, communicating with different groups, spending less time with R&D and more time with other teams like sales and customers, and taking care of yourself to prevent burnout.
10 Simple Steps for Hosting Meetings that Don't SuckProofHQ
This document provides 10 steps for hosting effective meetings that don't waste time: 1) Establish a clear goal for the meeting; 2) Determine if a meeting is actually needed or if an email would suffice; 3) Plan the meeting agenda and timeline in advance; 4) Only invite people essential to meeting goals; 5) Keep meetings brief; 6) Choose an appropriate location and time; 7) Establish rules of engagement; 8) Consider banning devices; 9) Send an informative invitation; 10) Ensure the meeting ends on time. If these steps are followed, meetings can be productive and effective rather than a drain on time and resources.
This document discusses time management and the importance of managing one's time effectively. It notes that time is a scarce resource that is more valuable than money. Poor time management can lead to stress and a lack of achievement, while practicing good time management techniques such as planning, prioritizing, and avoiding procrastination can help one be more productive and balanced. The document outlines major time wasters like interruptions, lack of planning and organization, and provides tips for managing time better through self-discipline, delegation, and saying no when necessary. Effective time management is presented as key to reducing stress and improving career and health outcomes.
The document discusses time management and provides tips for effective time management. It defines time management as self-management that requires self-discipline and control. The document identifies major time wasters like unnecessary meetings and interruptions. It provides strategies for goal setting, prioritization, managing interruptions, procrastination, scheduling, and delegation. The key tips include identifying priorities, preparing to-do lists, scheduling time for important tasks, limiting interruptions, and delegating low-priority work to others.
This document discusses time management and provides tips for improving it. It outlines the benefits of time management, which include being efficient, successful, and healthy. Some common obstacles to effective time management are unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, periods of inactivity, taking on too many tasks at once, stress, and fatigue. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, concentrating, identifying personal prime times, and celebrating successes.
Managing your Time talks about how you achieve better time management.
For more information about our leadership, mentoring and time management course or any other information about the services that we offer please call: 0121 707 0550 or e-mail: info@pathwaygroup.co.uk
This document discusses the benefits of walking meetings and walking communities at work. It notes that people sit for over 9 hours per day on average, more than they sleep, and that sitting increases health risks. It then provides tips for incorporating more walking into the workday such as taking walking breaks, using a mobile phone for calls while walking, planning walks with colleagues, and suggesting walking meetings instead of sitting meetings. Finally, it discusses online walking communities as a way to socialize walking and find walking partners.
35 Simple Tips for Happiness and Success at WorkThriveYard
The document provides 35 tips for finding happiness and success at work, including taking small breaks during the day, planning your day in advance, keeping your work area organized, communicating well, listening to motivational music while commuting, writing to-do lists, exceeding expectations, becoming a great listener, seeking and accepting feedback, learning new skills, knowing when you are most productive, seeing possibilities in problems, being open minded, dressing sharply, and developing a pleasant personality.
This document provides tips for effectively conducting business meetings. It recommends sticking to facts rather than emotions, being punctual and managing time well, and selecting a comfortable meeting place. Research shows engagement drops off after 30 minutes, so meetings should be kept to 15-25 minutes maximum. Early items tend to get more attention regardless of importance, so the agenda should be used strategically. Breaking long meetings into pieces allows people to relax and refocus their attention.
This document provides an overview of a training module on designing and facilitating effective meetings. The module discusses important considerations for meetings such as determining the purpose and desired outcomes, inviting the right participants, creating an agenda, establishing guidelines, assigning roles, and following up after the meeting. Tips are provided for both in-person and virtual meetings, such as keeping people engaged through the facilitator, addressing technology issues, and having a plan to deal with them. The homework involves reading additional resources on running productive meetings and designing and facilitating a practice meeting.
This document discusses time management techniques for professionals. It covers defining time management, aspects like planning and goal setting, why it's necessary for productivity and career success, common obstacles, and strategies for prioritizing tasks, saying no, using waiting time effectively, setting goals, and celebrating accomplishments. The overall message is that professionals must organize their time well to achieve goals and avoid stress from poor time management.
Module 4: Emerging Nonprofit Leaders - Building Social Awareness SKillsBeth Kanter
This document provides a summary of a training module on social awareness and listening skills. It includes an agenda for a session on building excellent listening skills, with topics on social awareness, asking good questions, listening skills practice, and next steps. Homework involves reading articles on body language, asking questions, and listening skills, as well as practicing these skills before the next class. The session covers identifying emotions, empowering vs. disempowering questions, understanding body language, and reflective listening techniques like paraphrasing.
The document discusses essential time management strategies for profiting from prioritizing. It identifies common time management problems like being too busy, playing catch-up, and dealing with distractions. It recommends planning daily tasks, prioritizing by importance versus urgency, organizing work into time slots, setting boundaries, and reducing distractions. The key strategies are to set objectives, plan extensively, prioritize and organize work, reduce distractions, set boundaries, and create new habits. It offers time management services, products, and advice.
This document discusses time management and provides 10 reasons for failure in time management. It notes that while time flies, we are in control as the pilots of our own schedules. The 10 reasons for poor time management are: failing to keep a to-do list, not setting personal goals, not prioritizing tasks, failing to manage distractions, procrastinating, taking on too much work, thriving on being busy, multitasking, not taking breaks, and ineffective scheduling. The document warns that without effective time management, one will be left feeling unproductive at the end of each day.
Meetings Suck - A 10 Step Program to Better Meetings!Doland White
Meeting Suck - A 10 Step Program to Better Meetings focuses on where we spend countless hours that can never be recovered ... meetings. You and I know most meetings suck. Yes they do. They suck because people don't follow 10 simple - proven - steps to make them successful.
Here you go. Try these steps. Ad you own flavor to them. But I promise .. I promise if you do these your meetings will stand out and people will show up and stay awake!
On average, 1/3 of the meetings we attend are a waste of time. Effective meeting preparation can help reduce the number of meetings you have AND ensure the ones you do have are worthwhile. The team from Meeteor shares how to prepare a thoughtful agenda. -- Originally presented at NY OpCon.
www.meeteor.com
Time management is understanding how much time we have and using it effectively. It involves setting goals, planning, prioritizing and scheduling tasks. We need time management to save time, reduce stress, and function effectively. Obstacles to effective time management include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions and periods of inactivity. The first step to better time management is setting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-based goals and prioritizing tasks.
Effective Meeting Notes Can Make Your Meetings More ProductiveMamie Kanfer Stewart
The team at Meeteor presents how to use effective note-taking skills to make your meeting results tangible. Take your meeting minutes to the next level.
www.meeteor.com
The document provides 100 tips on how to succeed in life. It suggests defining success on your own terms, having a big dream and clear vision, taking action through small regular steps, persevering through challenges, learning from mistakes, having confidence and finding a support system. The overall message is that succeeding in life involves goal-setting, personal growth, hard work, helping others, and continual self-improvement.
This document discusses time management and provides tools and techniques for improving it. It begins by explaining the objectives of learning to understand the importance of time management, use prioritization tools, and identify time wasters. It then uses the analogy of a bank account of time to illustrate that each person is credited with 86,400 seconds each day that cannot be saved for tomorrow. Several examples are given to demonstrate the value of specific time periods. Barriers to time management and techniques like priority lists, Covey's time matrix, and file organization are presented. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of personal organization.
The document discusses the "product management trap" where product managers spend all their time with R&D and become disconnected from other parts of the business. It identifies seven bad signs of being in the trap, such as not being involved in strategic discussions or revenue numbers. The document provides tips for avoiding the trap, including understanding business operations, communicating with different groups, spending less time with R&D and more time with other teams like sales and customers, and taking care of yourself to prevent burnout.
10 Simple Steps for Hosting Meetings that Don't SuckProofHQ
This document provides 10 steps for hosting effective meetings that don't waste time: 1) Establish a clear goal for the meeting; 2) Determine if a meeting is actually needed or if an email would suffice; 3) Plan the meeting agenda and timeline in advance; 4) Only invite people essential to meeting goals; 5) Keep meetings brief; 6) Choose an appropriate location and time; 7) Establish rules of engagement; 8) Consider banning devices; 9) Send an informative invitation; 10) Ensure the meeting ends on time. If these steps are followed, meetings can be productive and effective rather than a drain on time and resources.
This document discusses time management and the importance of managing one's time effectively. It notes that time is a scarce resource that is more valuable than money. Poor time management can lead to stress and a lack of achievement, while practicing good time management techniques such as planning, prioritizing, and avoiding procrastination can help one be more productive and balanced. The document outlines major time wasters like interruptions, lack of planning and organization, and provides tips for managing time better through self-discipline, delegation, and saying no when necessary. Effective time management is presented as key to reducing stress and improving career and health outcomes.
The document discusses time management and provides tips for effective time management. It defines time management as self-management that requires self-discipline and control. The document identifies major time wasters like unnecessary meetings and interruptions. It provides strategies for goal setting, prioritization, managing interruptions, procrastination, scheduling, and delegation. The key tips include identifying priorities, preparing to-do lists, scheduling time for important tasks, limiting interruptions, and delegating low-priority work to others.
This document discusses time management and provides tips for improving it. It outlines the benefits of time management, which include being efficient, successful, and healthy. Some common obstacles to effective time management are unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, periods of inactivity, taking on too many tasks at once, stress, and fatigue. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, concentrating, identifying personal prime times, and celebrating successes.
Managing your Time talks about how you achieve better time management.
For more information about our leadership, mentoring and time management course or any other information about the services that we offer please call: 0121 707 0550 or e-mail: info@pathwaygroup.co.uk
Do you want to work smarter to enhance your productivity? Learn 10 common time management mistakes, discover tools and tips to achieve productivity success, and put those tips to practice with some fun individual and group exercises. Invest your time in this workshop, to save yourself time in the future.
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This document discusses time management techniques. It outlines benefits like efficiency and success from time management. Common obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, and interruptions. The document recommends setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, identifying personal prime time, and celebrating successes. The overall message is that recognizing and addressing obstacles through effective strategies can improve time management.
This document discusses time management and provides tips for improving time management. It notes that effective time management can lead to efficiency, success, and health. Some common obstacles to good time management include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, periods of inactivity, trying to do too many things at once, and stress/fatigue. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, identifying your prime time for work, and celebrating successes.
This document discusses time management techniques. It outlines benefits like efficiency and success from time management. Common obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, and interruptions. The document recommends setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, identifying personal prime time, and celebrating successes. The overall message is that recognizing and addressing obstacles through effective strategies can improve time management.
This document discusses time management and provides tips for improving time management. It notes that effective time management can lead to efficiency, success, and health. Some common obstacles to good time management include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, periods of inactivity, trying to do too many things at once, and stress/fatigue. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, identifying your prime time for work, and celebrating successes.
This document discusses time management techniques. It outlines benefits like efficiency and success from time management. Common obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, and interruptions. The document recommends setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, identifying personal prime time, and celebrating successes. The overall message is that recognizing and addressing obstacles through effective strategies can improve time management.
The document discusses strategies for effective time management. It identifies key benefits like being efficient and successful. Common obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, and interruptions. The document recommends setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks by importance and urgency, organizing your work, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, identifying your most productive time of day, and celebrating successes.
The document discusses time management strategies. It outlines benefits like being efficient and successful. Obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, too many tasks, and stress. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task, finding your prime time, and celebrating successes. The overall strategies are to set goals, prioritize tasks, organize effectively, and focus on important tasks.
The document discusses time management strategies. It outlines benefits like being efficient and successful. Obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, too many tasks, and stress. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task, finding your prime time, and celebrating successes. The overall strategies are to set goals, prioritize tasks, organize effectively, and focus on important tasks.
The document discusses time management strategies. It outlines benefits like being efficient and successful. Obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, too many tasks, and stress. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task at a time, finding your prime time, and celebrating successes.
The document discusses time management strategies. It outlines benefits like being efficient and successful. Obstacles include unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, too many tasks, and stress. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task, finding your prime time, and celebrating successes. The overall strategies are to set goals, prioritize tasks, organize effectively, and focus on important tasks.
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Time management involves organizing and planning how to divide your time between different activities. It is important for increasing productivity, reducing stress, and achieving work-life balance and goals. Some tips for effective time management include prioritizing tasks, using planners, to-do lists, calendars and activity logs, and distinguishing between urgent and important tasks. The goals of time management are to accomplish more in less time, achieve greater success, and maintain energy and competency.
The document discusses strategies for effective time management. It begins by outlining benefits like being efficient, successful, and healthy. It then discusses common obstacles like unclear objectives, disorganization, inability to say no, interruptions, periods of inactivity, taking on too much, and stress. The document recommends recognizing obstacles, setting specific and measurable goals, prioritizing tasks, organizing, learning to say no, using waiting time productively, focusing on one task, considering when you work best, and celebrating successes. It concludes by reviewing the main time management strategies.
This document discusses time management techniques. It identifies common time wasters like lack of prioritization, inability to say no, and distractions. It recommends identifying personal time management issues, prioritizing tasks using a time management matrix, and creating a schedule. Specific tips include having clear goals, using waiting time productively, reducing distractions, and learning to delegate and say no. Effective time management can help one work more efficiently, reduce stress, and better balance work and personal life.
This document provides tips and strategies for effective time management. It emphasizes setting specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound goals. It also stresses prioritizing tasks, identifying time wasters, and working smartly by analyzing strengths and weaknesses. Proper time management requires self-discipline, focus, organization and avoiding procrastination.
3. Presentation on time
management
Group members :
Imran rafiq
Abdul Malik
Samiullah Safi
Faisal sherzad
Niamatullah
Shahidullah
Submitted to: Sir Ishfaq
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4. 4
Obstacles to effective time
management
Unclear objectives
Disorganization
Inability to say “no”
5. 5
Obstacles to effective time
management
Interruptions
More interruptions
Periods of inactivity
6. 6
Obstacles to effective time
management
Too many things at once
Stress and fatigue
All work and no play
7. 7
What can be done?
Recognize that obstacles exist
Identify them
Employ strategies to overcome
9. 9
Minor Time Wasters
• Interruptions we face during the day
• telephone communication
• Unexpected/Unwanted visitors
• Needless reports
• Meetings without agenda
10. 10
Major Time Wasters
• Procrastination
• failure to Delegate
• Lack of direction
• Meeting for long duration
• Responsibilities without authority
11. 11
What can stop you?
• Negative Thoughts
• Negative People
• Low Self-Esteem
• Fear of Failure
• Fear of Rejection / Criticism
12. 12
Steps for Time management
Great time management skills will make
you successful in your endeavors.
13. Cont…
When using time management to plan your
day, ask yourself a few key questions:
• What is the goal I’m trying to accomplish?
• What is the methods for that goal?
• What are the outcomes of not achieving this
goals?
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14. 14
Steps:
• Setting goals
• Prioritizing
• Learning to say ‘No’
• Organizing your work and meeting
deadlines
• Avoiding procrastination
17. 17
Learn to say “No”
• Will this help me set priorities right?
• Will this help me do my job well?
• Will this help me avoid unnecessary
distraction?
18. 18
Delegation
• No one is an island
• You can accomplish a lot more with help
19. 19
Delegation is not dumping
• Give power with responsibility.
• Concrete goal, deadline, and consequences.
• Treat your people well
21. 21
Avoiding Procrastination
• Doing things at the last minute is much
more expensive than just before the last
minute
• Deadlines are really important: establish
your own deadlines
Note: You may wish to add personal experiences as examples of one or more of the obstacles to enhance the presentation.
There are a lot of things that make it difficult for us to manage our time effectively. Let’s consider some of the most common ones, and see if they apply to us:
Unclear objectives – It’s hard to hit a target with your eyes closed, and it’s just as hard to accomplish something when you aren’t exactly clear about what you want to achieve
Disorganization – It’s easy to see when your desk is too messy, but sometimes you have to step back and ask yourself if you are taking an organized approach in completing all of your tasks
Inability to say “no” – We all want to be as helpful as we can when others need us, but this can mean taking time away from other priorities to do something we may not have planned
Interruptions – Many times we are in the middle of accomplishing something really important and the telephone rings. These calls can not only take you away from your task, but sometimes they interrupt your train of thought and you can’t return to where you were without retracing your steps
More interruptions – We all like to visit with others, but conversations at inappropriate times can cost us time when we have to stop what we are doing and redirect ourselves from our plans
Periods of inactivity – As much as we think we are busy, there are times in our day when we are not really doing anything. Recognizing and making use of these times can have a positive effect on our efforts
Too many things at once – Many of our tasks are not routines. They require concentration to detail. When we are attempting to do too many different things at one time, each individual task suffers as a result
Stress and fatigue – Everyone experiences stress from time to time, and sometimes we actually operate a little better when there is some level of stress. Too much stress, on the other hand, causes our work to suffer and wears us down physically and mentally. Dealing with stress is an important part of time management
All work and no play – Most successful people know how to balance work and play. When work takes over your life, you not only give your body little time to re-energize, but you may end up sacrificing the really important things in life like family and friends
The obstacles that we face are not insurmountable. Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to identify that these obstacles exist and are affecting your ability to manage your time
When you have identified your obstacles you can begin to overcome them
Here are some strategies you can use to overcome the obstacles we just examined:
Achievable – It is commendable to set your sights high, but sometimes we try to accomplish more than we can actually do. Training and certifying ten Certified Guiding Lions in your district in one year may or may not be achievable at this time for a number of reasons. Your goals should be such that, if you “extend yourself” you can just reach them.
Realistic – Can you establish a program in your district to help everyone with vision problems? It is certainly a worthwhile goal, but it may not be realistic at this time. It might be better to work on setting up a program with schools to provide vision testing and eyeglasses for disadvantaged children.
Note: You may wish to provide an example of an achievable, realistic goal that you have achieved or observed in your own club or district.
Time-based – Most of the goals that you establish in your position as a Lions leader will not be long-term. It is important to set time guidelines for your goals, so that you can keep track of your progress as you are going along and can be alert to when you are falling behind schedule.
Note: You may wish to state a goal that meets the five characteristics, and ask participants to explain how each characteristic is met. For example, “We will increase retention of current members in my district by reducing the dropout rate to X % by the end of the fiscal year.”
Further, you may wish to provide a non-example and ask participants to restate it to meet the five characteristics. For example, “We will improve the service we provide to our community.”
As a leader in your club or district, you will be faced with many tasks. It is safe to say that you will not be able to do everything, so it is wise to periodically make a list of the tasks that confront you and prioritize them. The following technique may be helpful in prioritizing:
Note: You may wish to provide examples of tasks that you have placed in each of the four categories that follow. Explain why you made the decision, and how it positively impacted your time management.
Do – Determine from the list the things you think are most important to accomplish, and are things you should do yourself.
Delegate – Remember that there many Lions within your district with skills, experience, and motivation to carry out a wide variety of tasks. A truly effective district governor understands that real leaders do not try to accomplish everything themselves and recognizes that some things are better handled by others. Delegating not only frees up your time for other things, it ensures that resources are used wisely and that Lions who want to help are motivated and involved.
Delay until another time – Some things can wait. The danger is delaying too many things until deadlines are near. The best policy here is to consider when things are due, how long it will take to accomplish them, and what your current workload will allow. For instance, registrations and request forms that are not yet due could be sent to LCI earlier if you have time. It makes sense to delay things that are not due when your are “overburdened” and to accomplish them ahead of time when you can.
Delete – If you have set goals using the guidelines we mentioned earlier, you may recognize that some of them are not achievable or realistic, or that they are just not important. A good leader knows when to concentrate on the important and eliminate the rest.
Note: As time allows, you may wish to:
Ask selected participants to share tasks that they will prioritize into the four categories
Break participants into small groups and ask them to create a list of DG tasks that could be prioritized using the four categories
As you prioritize tasks and set deadlines, you will want to organize your plans and actions. Some of you may be more comfortable using paper and pencil, so I urge you to make use of a planner with a calendar and plenty of space to make notes. Many planners contain not only calendar space, but also room for daily activities, contact information, and “to do” lists. Find a planner that fits your needs and use it. You will find this to be an indispensable tool for managing your time.
Maybe you use, or would consider using, a computer to help in organizing your time. Today’s computers often come equipped with software programs that include calendars, task lists, reminders, and contact information. If your computer does not have such a function, software is readily available that you can install.
You may also consider a small personal digital assistant, or PDA. These devices are small enough to fit in your hand, and use the same software your home computer uses. PDAs are helpful tools when you are away from your computer during the day or are traveling on business.
Note: This would be a good opportunity to share whatever tools you use to stay organized. If you use a planner, bring it out and show how you use it. If you use computer software, explain the program and how it helps you. You may also ask participants if they have any other organizational ideas, like reminder files for each week or month.
Whatever method you choose, make sure you organize your tasks so that you can stay on track.