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Leadership-Life Fit:Maximize your Time
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Befriend, NOT beat, the clock!
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Start early!
Schedule yourself for an hour alone each morning by arriving before staff is scheduled to be there; or use your home office space for the first hour of the day.
Set your “To Do” list for the day during this time.
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Act now!
Never put off an angry parent. Resolving the issue ASAP
prevents escalation. Rarely does a gap between
the call and your response result in a “cooling off.” More likely, the gap provides time for a hot topic on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.
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Document it!
Log phone calls and visits from parents in a notebook. Include the date, time, issue/concern, and agreed upon actions.
Log phone calls and visits from teachers/staff in another notebook. Include the date, time, issue/concern, and agreed upon actions.
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Say why.
Explain your rationale for the decisions you make. Doing so communicates your values and vision and helps to establish predictable boundaries.
Clarity is the antidote to anxiety!!!
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Tap into technology.
Certain leadership tasks recur weekly/monthly/annually. Use technology to remind you of such tasks and to record information related to that task so you don’t have to start from scratch.
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Once handed, once handled. Deal with email/mail/other
paperwork as it’s handed to you. Answer it File it Delegate it
Designating specific times each day to address emails will help facilitate the once handed, once handled
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Manage and delegate.
Ensure your office assistant can write well, relate well to your stakeholders, and is technology savvy and detail-oriented.
Then, use him/her well!! CC on certain emails that he/she can address
on your behalf Share your calendar and have your assistant
schedule you per parameters you set Have your assistant open, sort, and address
mail as appropriate
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Stand and meet.
Stand, greet, and meet those with whom you are intending a brief meeting.
Consider a series of standing meetings at faculty and/or administrative meetings.
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Find your fit!
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Reference
Suggestions adapted from “Beat the Clock.” Principal, March/April 2013.