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MANAGING TIME OR ELSE? (First Mi. Last) Facilitator. TIME. What is it? Why is it important to you? How do you use your time now? What do you need to do to use time more effectively? When will you start the process?. TIME IS.
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TIME • What is it? • Why is it important to you? • How do you use your time now? • What do you need to do to use time more effectively? • When will you start the process?
TIME IS... • “the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues… a moment, hour, day, or year as indicated by a clock or calendar…” - Webster’s Dictionary
Business role as the sole focus: The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker Multiple roles: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey APPROACHES TO MANAGING TIME
FIVE PRACTICES OF AN EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE 1. Managing time. 2. Choosing what to contribute. 3. Mobilizing our strengths. 4. Setting up the right priorities. 5. Exercising effective decision making. (Source: The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker)
WHY is Time Management Important to You? • Control • Concentration • Contribution • Choices
3 Ways to Effectively Manage Time 1. Recording Time. • Using a Log 2. Managing Time. • Eliminating Time-Wasters 3. Consolidating Time. • Finding enough time to do what is important (Source: The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker)
VALUE-BASED TIME MANAGEMENT • Planning • Prioritizing • Producing Based on pre-determined value of effectiveness
COVEY’S 7 HABITS • “Put first things first.”
HABIT 3: “PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST” • Notes & checklists • Calendars & planners • Current ideas • Quadrant II self-management (Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey)
Q I Important, Urgent Q III Not Important, Urgent Q IV Not Important, Not Urgent Q II Important, Not Urgent Quadrant II Self-Management
HABIT 3: “Put first things first.” ? “What one new thing could you do in your personal life, that if you did it regularly, would make an enormous positive difference?” ?? “ Similarly, what one new thing could you do in your business or professional life, that if you did it regularly, would make an enormous positivedifference?”
ACTIVITIES Prevention, PC activities Relationship building Recognizing new opportunities Planning, recreation RESULTS Vision, perspective Balance Discipline Control Few crises QUADRANT II
Steps to Becoming a Q-II Self Manager • Identify the key roles you play. • Select 2-3 results for each role. • Schedule your week to achieve these results. • Daily Adapt . • Live life as a Q-II Self Manager!
APPLICATION: (Time allotted: 35 minutes) • Select a partner. • Using Drucker or Covey’s approach, develop a time logor a weekly Q-II calendar. (This will be a draft format without entries.) • When your format is completed, find another participant pair that has completed the same exercise (Covey or Drucker). • Combine ideas from both formats. • When completed, all four people sign the format & record time exercise is completed.
APPLICATION: Feedback “What did you learn about your time management skills in real- time?”
Time Management Application(Time allotted: 10 Minutes) Write your response to these questions: • “My most effective time management technique is to…” • “This works for me because…” • “I would recommend this approach when …”