Are you allocating sufficient
attention to your current activities, reviewing past performance and future
planning? In particular, are you devoting sufficient time to planning for the
future?
Are you allocating your time
correctly between different aspects of your job? Are there any parts of your
job on which you are spending too much time?
Who are the people you ought to
be allocating time to? Are you spending sufficient time with them?
CONSIDER YOUR WORK
Do you organize your working day
and week according to your priorities? Or do you deal with problems as and when
they occur without stopping to think if there is something more important that
you should be focusing on?
Are you able to complete tasks
uninterrupted or are you constantly interrupted? Are the interruptions an
essential part of your work or part of your own making?
Are you certain that you are not working on
tasks or issues that you could delegate? Remember, many people say they could
do more if they were only allowed to by their managers.
Try considering the following as
potential targets for managing your time. How possible would it be for you to
achieve them?
Reduce your working week by ten
hours.
Reduce daily interruptions by
50%.
Reduce the time you spend on
phone calls by 50%.
Reduce the time you spend on
e-mail and correspondence by 30%.
Double the time you allocate to
planning and thinking.
Allocate at least 30 minutes
each day for quality thinking.