getting results: lead & success with high-impact productivity strategies
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Lead & Succeed With High-Impact
Productivity Strategies
Productivity -Time
Management Tidbits
Productivity -Time
Management Tidbits
Productivity -Time
Management Tidbits
http://www.nice.com/nice-productivity-infographic
Time management-productivity is one of the most underrated,
under appreciated leadership and management
competencies
If I had more time?....
1) Fill in the blank:__________________________
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2) If my employees had more time?
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Areas to Improve…• I’d like to improve___________
• I’d like my staff to improve________
• How could improved productivity impact your business?
Best approachto reclaim time..
1 - Start with 1 thing
2 - Put a plan in place
3 - Master the change = new habit
The Big Picture
To manage…
“ to handle or direct
with a degree of skill…”
ME
1. Space & Stuff2. Information3. Time4. Tasks & Priorities5. Technology6. People7. Myself
How are you at managing these?
The 7 Key “Manages”
The Me in TIME…
“It’s an inside job!”
E =>T => F => D=> B
“The Me formula”
Thinking style, natural wiring, relating style, current habits
The Me in TIME…
“It’s an inside job!”
E =>T => F => D=> B
“What emotions or feelings influence and/or drive decision making?”
Action Item: Do a 30 day emotion audit
The Me Factor …Behavior & Work Styles
• Inter – Intra
• Work orientation - People, Task, Information, Technology
• Brain orientation – Right or Left
• Natural decision making style
• Spontaneous, Decisive, Methodical, Inclusive
Managing Time & Priorities
Principles – Plan it, Map it, Manage it!
• Use a Master Task List
• Identify the “A Absolutes” (key priorities)
Prioritizing is skillful decision-making - consider these prioritizing questions for starters:
1. What activities are essential to my business success?
2. How does this relate to my client/customer’s values or expectations?
3. When does it absolutely need to get done?...meaning the factual deadline, not the assumed one.
4. Is someone waiting for it?
5. How does this impact the rest of team’s productivity?
6. What are the consequences if it doesn't’t get done?
7. How much does it bug me? Why is this an important question?
*Add your own questions
A Way to Visualize Priorities Great to use if you’re a visual
person
Great to use with a team to maintain focus
Use color to set priorities vs. letters or numbers
Great to use to assess time use (activities against priorities-the bullseye.)
Keep asking,“What’s the bullseye?”
Managing Time & Priorities
• Map tasks on your calendar (week-glance)
• Estimate it (How is your time awareness?)
• Use your peak productivity period
• Manage it - negotiable – non-negotiable?
• Still a priority?
• Manage interruptions
4 Steps to Effectively Manage Interruptions
1. Stand up
2. State a verbal boundary / time frame
3. Look at a time piece
4. Close the conversation
Managing InformationDo you know your
information flow?
Action Item: Create an information flow chart.Both on line & off line.Goal: Build awareness around how you naturally handle the flow. What’s working…what’s not?
Organize Your
Workspace
X
ABC
Think zones…A= what I use daily
B= what I use within a week
C= what I use in the course of a month
5 Foundational Principles to Being Organized
Defined as…to arrange by systematic planning
• S ort• P urge• A ssign (everything must have a home)
• C ontainerize, Colorize, Categorize• E qualize
Managing Paper.. Power principlesGoal: Turn piles into files – It’s all about “find-ability.”
Q: Can you find anything in your workspace within 1 min.? or direct someone else to?
• Think “flat creates a stack”
• Keep & work vertical
• Sort into folders (Working Folder or Temporary Holding Folder)
• Manila folders & a pencil or post it notes
• How can I use color for locating quickly?
• Magazine holders
Managing Email – Your Digital Workspace• It’s all about decision making!• Have a e-information plan (flow map)• Filters, Folders, & Flags – Reduce need to
decide (can use the same principle of “temporary holding” vs. working folder.)
• Autoresponders• Know what your program is capable of• More than 1 email account?
Managing Technology Tool or Tyrant?
• How can it help you improve efficiency & time?
• What can I automate?
• Can a “smart phone” make you smarter?
• What do I need at my finger tips?
Tips:
• Re-evaluate priorities• Do an audit of time usage• Create an information flow chart – both
off line and on line• Consider coaching or a professional
organizer• Get clear on the impact of time and
productivity on revenue.
Your reclaim estimate:Using any of the tips learned – how much time could you re-capture:
__in 1 day
__in 1 week
__in 1 month
__in 1 quarter
__in 1 year
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