My Time Management Skills Are

My Time Management Skills Are Not so Hot Fabulous Can be better? Can be better? No Yes Yes No Read D. Goleman Emotional Intelligence Move to LIST PAGE Continue Quit program Better Seek other help Worse

LPOD Algorithm

LIST Do I have a list of everything I need to do? Yes No Do I know how long things really take to do? Create a list and move to Yes box Yes No Calendar Exercise Move to Prioritize Page

Are my goals & priorities clear? Prioritize Slide Yes No Clarify personal goals and priorities Some tools: Covey’s 7 habits Family/friend/team discussions Mentor Goal Sheet Move to Organize Slide

Organize Do I take the time to plan my day? Yes No Plan each day Do my plans work? Yes No Why not? Unsched Interruptions? Emergencies? Unrealistic Agenda GREAT!!! Procrastinate? Really a pattern? Move to next Organization slide Truly random? Understand why and stop (see appended list of reasons) Fix plan Cope

Organize Are my time estimates accurate? Yes No Reprioritize Fix estimates and move to yes Not important Important Don’t do it! SAY NO! Move to Delegate slide

DelegateAm I the best person to do this task? Yes Am I the only person to do this task? Yes No • DO IT! • Remember: • Best time • TIO rule • Clean up • Throw out • Plan rewards Should I do it? No Yes Delegate Do it (see next slide for more info)

Delegate Am I the best person to do this task? No Delegate Is it easy to delegate? Yes No Need Team Building Need Conflict Resolution Why not? Good-done Need to re-evaluate against priorities Need better communication

Common Reasons for Procrastination • Don’t want to fail • Don’t want to do unappealing task • Don’t measure the cost of wasted time • Don’t recognize that incomplete tasks increase stress • Don’t want others to see calm • Believe that looking busy will lead to positive attention and promotion • unlikely

My Time Management Skills Are