Effective Time and Communication Management

How to manage your time?
What is time?
Time is constant…
What is life?
Life is all about balance and working to live not living to work
How use your time effectively?
Getting ahead requires discipline, self-motivation and the ability to prioritize!

What Happened to the Day?
Look down at the clock at the bottom of your computer. Ask yourself: where you are at, where you want to be
Evaluate your environment and plan!
Unplanned life is more reactive and spontaneous than planned (Henry Mintzberg)
Stress and complain of doing nothing value

Where do I Start?
Identify and prioritize long term goals your goals (personal goals, career goals). More than one year.
Identify and prioritize short term goals (less than one year, at least one week)
Merge short term goals with the long term goals into one master list
Aim provides potential!

Time Thieves
Procrastination
● “The task is unpleasant or uninteresting.
● You fear failure
● You don’t know where to begin”
Excessive Emailing
● Just call!
Excessive Meetings
Team Conflicts

Managing your Time Effectively
Tackling Procrastination
Controlling Your Email Habits
Control Your Meetings and Attendance
Conflict Resolution
Prioritize Your Work
Effective Delegation (balance between autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire)

Focusing on the Big Picture
Freeing yourself from the routine of daily operations and concentrating on future growth and development
A big-picture view is your main vision, it is your belief, it is what your life is all about, of what you want it to be.