Time Management

Time Management

1. Force Field Analysis

   • Identify all forces that are pro- moting the desired change and all the forces that are working to counteract it
   • Change the balance of these 2 sets of forces so that the promot- ing forces override the resisting Forces
   • It is generally better to first re- move the forces that lead to resistance

2. Fundamentals of time management

   • Develop a sense of personal time
   • Identify long-termgoals
   • Make middle-termplans
   • Plan the day
   • Make best use of your time
   • Organize office work
   • Manage meetings effectively
   • Delegate effectively
   • Make use of committed time
   • Manage your health

3. The Time Management Matrix

   • 1 Fire fighting-Urgent and Important
   • 2 Quality time-Not Urgent, but Important
   • 3 Distraction-Urgent and Not Important
   • 4 Time wasting-Not Urgent, but Important

4. Key principles

   • Planning
   • Prioritising
   • Time wasting
   • Learning to say no
   • Controlling paperwork
   • The diary as a tool