Time management

• What are your time management strengths and weaknesses ?
• Try the time management quiz to take stock.
• What do you want to achieve by managing your time better?
  • Get more done?
  • Have more time to think?
  • Focus more on the bigger picture?
  • Reduce your stress levels?
  • Do less work?
  • Do more important tasks?

Why is it strategically important to you? How would better time management help you achieve your goals? What factors block good use of time for you?

• Our culture makes you feel guilty for not working all hours.
• I don't like to say ''no'' to people.
• I feel good only when I am working flat out and doing so much.
• I rarely take time to prioritize my work.
• I prefer to do things myself rather than delegate.
• I react to things, driven by the urgent, not the important.
• My team is overloaded. I can't ask them to do more.
• I keep on top of everything in case I'm asked a question.
• I do my work to the highest standard of quality possible.
• I am not clear what my boss and others expect of me, so I cover as much as I can hoping that something will please them.
• Our competitors are faster than us. We have no choice but to react immediately to everything that comes at us.
  

Tips for managing your time better. See also delegation.