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| Top-Down: Time Management Tips from Richard Branson |
| Published at April 12, 2011, 9:08 pm |
| In a recent column on LiveMint by The Wall Street Journal, business and media superstar Richard Branson provides his perspective on how organizations should handle time management at multiple levels. What immediately becomes clear is that Branson hates micromanagement, and details how disruptive it can be in several different ways. |
| Time Management for Managers |
| Published at April 30, 2011, 10:42 pm |
| If you've been selected to hold a position in management, it's assumed that you already have what it takes to lead a team, to complete projects and meet deadlines, and do so in an overall efficient manner. But it's just not always that easy. On the perfect day, with all team members present and active and working to their full potential, without unnecessary interruptions, anything can be accomplished! But in the real world, there are inevitably delays, mishaps, and things that simply don't go as planned. In a recent article at Radio INK magazine, corporate coach Paul Anovick offers a series of tips to help managers get more done in less time, and a few of them are really excellent. |
| Time Management Tips 29/04/11 |
| Published at April 29, 2011, 8:55 pm |
| Here are more tips for time management and personal productivity from across the internet! Oregon Business magazine has a set of seven rules for extreme time management (http://www.oregonbusiness.com/contributed-blogs/5180-7-rules-of-extreme-time-management). The article includes four questions you can ask yourself to better prioritize your day. The International Business Times has its own three keys (http://www.oregonbusiness.com/contributed-blogs/5180-7-rules-of-extreme-time-management) to time management, including tips on the ever-important principle of setting boundaries. Laura Vanderkam at Fortune Magazine has a highly interesting piece on bribing yourself (http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/25/problems-with-procrastination-try-bribery/) to gain extra performance and efficiency, including some science to back it up. If you’re looking for a better way to tackle tasks, this CNET article by Dennis O’Reilly has a helpful introduction to the Pomodoro Technique (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-20057139-68.html), which we discussed in a recent post (time-management-tips/breaking-time-up-and-down.html). Are |
| Quick Link: The Right Way to Say No |
| Published at April 26, 2011, 8:27 pm |
| Since one of the most important aspects of time management is setting priorities, there will inevitably be things that you simply won't have the time or energy to do, even when asked by a client or colleague you respect. A recent piece on Lifehacker, citing consultant Chris Brogan (http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-to-say-no/), provides some good advice for declining a request (http://lifehacker.com/#!5795113/say-no-without-wrecking-your-career) without damaging the professional relationship or chance to work together in the future. |
| Time Management: Breaking It Up to Break It Down |
| Published at April 25, 2011, 11:44 pm |
| There are a set number of hours in any given workday, and it’s important to consider how your time is spent. It’s the basis of all time management, and different experts have their own approaches for tackling the issue. One common thread that has gained popularity is breaking down your work into “manageable blocks.” For different people, this obviously means different things, but the consensus among experts seems to suggest that somewhere between 20 and 40 minutes offers the best balance of mental alertness and overall productivity. |
| Time Management For Students: Watch and Learn |
| Published at April 24, 2011, 9:30 pm |
| If you’re studying at a college or university, or even still in high school, time management can be an incredibly tricky process. Your social life is buzzing, and you may be working a part-time job. Sometimes it seems there just isn’t enough time to get everything done. But there’s one group of students who tend to consistently handle time management better than their peers, even though they have the most to balance. Students who have children, as shown in a recent Times Delphic article, often perform quite well (http://timesdelphic.com/2011/04/24/students-with-children-dont-fail-to-make-the-grade) in the classroom, and I think it’s worth looking at a few reasons why. |
| How to Make Employees More Productive: The Flexible Workplace |
| Published at April 23, 2011, 3:47 am |
| Flexibility is a feel-good word. Like innovate or responsive, or efficient. What entrepreneur or manager wouldn’t want their workplace to be flexible, especially in an era we’re constantly reminded depends on it? When flexibility means letting your employees set their own schedules, coming and going whenever they want, for many employers it takes on a sense of risk. Yet according to a recent Fortune article, more companies are experimenting with flexible schedules and finding that the clock-punching past wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. |
| Time Management Tips 21/04/11 |
| Published at April 21, 2011, 9:52 pm |
| Lifehacker has an interesting new article explaining why some people are more productive when working from coffee shops (http://lifehacker.com/#!5793436/why-some-of-us-get-more-done-at-coffee-shops). And it’s not the coffee. Meanwhile, The San Francisco Chronicle has an series of time management tips geared toward financial advisors (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/04/11/investopedia2100.DTL), who often don’t have the option of working from a Starbucks. The tips can easily apply to any profession. Online magazine City A.M. also has a series of time-saving tips (http://www.cityam.com/business-features/time-saving-tips-the-city%E2%80%99s-experts), directly from some of the busiest finance and business leaders in London. For those who are still in the hunt for a good job, The Republic features a few tips for getting through job-seeker procrastination (http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/hired041411/hired041411/). Amy Spencer of RealSimple.com offers her tips for tuning out distractions (http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/04/12/stop.procrastinating.tips.rs/?hpt=Sbin) and defeating procrastination in |
| How To Work From Home the Right Way |
| Published at April 16, 2011, 3:03 am |
| Anyone who has worked from home knows that it comes with its own challenges. Yes, you get to skip the commute. The same goes with office politics and cubicle-life altogether. But the inspiration and ability to work effectively, every single day, can definitely take a toll without direct supervision, and a new article from The Next Web’s Lifehacks offers a number of tips that will give you some of the confidence and direction to best use your time when working on your own terms. |
