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Managing Your
Time Effectively
Getting Started
Time management is a wide and
   diverse area, with different issues
   and challenges for each of us.

There is no ‘one-size’ fits all solution
   to Time Management.

It is important to learn the general
     principles of Time Management
     and then see how best they can be
     applied to our lives
Benefits of Managing Time
   Higher productivity and
    satisfaction

   Improvement of quality of
    work

   Implementation of important
    goals

   Conservation of Energy

   Less Stress, Better Health
Becoming Aware
   The first step towards any learning is to establish
    a baseline.

   Identify what aspect of your Time Management
    do you most want to work on.
Analyze the use of your time
   Keep a time-log to the nearest minute of everything you do
    over a typical working period of at least one day

   Include dealing with interruptions, travel and breaks.

   Highlight everything that was not planned, and make a note
    alongside anything that was of special note, good or bad.

   How many of the activities that you completed were planned for?

   How many activities did you invest time in but had not planned to do so?

   Where did you spend the most time, in planned or unplanned activities

   How many important activities did you get done?
The pickle jar theory
A professor taking a time management class gave the following illustration:

“Imagine an empty pickle jar.

Now, put some large rocks in it. Put in as many as you possibly can. Until you think it’s
  full. Now, I know you think it’s full, but put a couple more in anyway.

Okay, you’ve got a full pickle jar that you can’t fit anything else into, right? Now, put some
   pebbles in. Put as many in as you can possibly fit, and raise your hand when you feel
   your jar is full. Now, take your full jar and take sand and, you guessed it, fill that jar
   until you can’t possibly fit anymore in, and then add some water.

I am sure the significance of this little exercise hasn’t escaped any of you. Each of us has
    many large priorities in our life, represented by the large rocks. We also have things
    which we enjoy doing, such as the pebbles. We have other things we have to do, like
    the sand. And finally, we have things that simply clutter up our lives and get in
    everywhere: water.

None of these are bad things. After all, we need the gamut of these objects—from large
  priorities to times of rest—in order to feel truly fulfilled. No Time Management theory
  should be without balance, and the Pickle Jar theory is all about balance. You make
  time for everything, and everything simply fits well where it is supposed to fit.”
Learning to Prioritize

   The
   Time
   Matrix
Important v/s Urgent
                Urgent     Not Urgent

                 I             II

             DO NOW      PLAN TO DO
Important



                III            IV

              REJECT     RESIST AND
  Not          AND         CEASE
Important
             EXPLAIN
Quadrant 1 – Urgent and Important
 DO NOW
 emergencies, complaints and
  crisis issues
 demands from superiors or
  customers
 planned tasks or project work
  now due
 meetings and appointments

 reports and other submissions

 staff issues or needs

 problem resolution, fire-
  fighting, fixes
Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 1
Subject to confirming the importance and the urgency of these
  tasks, these tasks need doing now.

Prioritize tasks that fall into this category according to their
   relative urgency.

If two or more tasks appear equally urgent, discuss and probe
    the actual requirements and deadlines with the task
    originators or with the people dependent on the task
    outcomes.

Help the originators of these demands to re-assess the real
  urgency and priority of these tasks.
Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 1

If helpful you should show your schedule to task originators in
   order to explain that you are prioritizing in a logical way,
   and to be as productive and effective as possible.

Look for ways to break a task into two stages if it's an
  unplanned demand - often a suitable initial 'holding'
  response or acknowledgment, with a commitment to
  resolve or complete at a later date, will enable you to
  resume other planned tasks.
Quadrant 2 – Not Urgent But Important
PLAN TO DO
 planning, preparation,
  scheduling
 research, investigation,
  designing, testing
 networking relationship
  building
 thinking, creating,
  modelling, designing
 systems and process
  development
 anticipation and prevention

 developing change, direction,
  strategy
Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 2
   These tasks are most critical to success, and yet commonly
    are the most neglected.

   These activities include planning, strategic thinking,
    deciding direction and aims, etc., all crucial for success and
    development.

   You must plan time-slots for doing these tasks, and if
    necessary plan where you will do them free from
    interruptions.

   Break big tasks down into separate logical stages and plan
    time-slots for each stage.
Quadrant 3
REJECT AND EXPLAIN
 trivial requests from others

 apparent emergencies

 ad-hoc interruptions and distractions

 misunderstandings appearing as
  complaints
 pointless routines or activities

 accumulated unresolved trivia

 boss's whims or tantrums

 Scrutinise and probe demands. Help
  originators to re-assess. Wherever
  possible reject and avoid these tasks
  sensitively and immediately.
Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 3
3 - REJECT (DIPLOMATICALLY)

  Scrutinise these demands ruthlessly, and help originators - even your
  boss and your senior managers - to re-assess the real importance of
  these tasks. Practice and develop your ability to explain and justify to
  task originators why you cannot do these tasks.
  Where possible reject and avoid these tasks immediately, informing
  and managing people's expectations and sensitivities accordingly;
  explain why you cannot do these tasks and help the originator find
  another way of achieving what they need, which might involve
  delegation to another person, or re-shaping the demand to be more
  strategic, with a more sustainable solution.
  Look for causes of repeating demands in this area and seek to prevent
  re-occurrence. Educate and train others, including customers,
  suppliers, fellow staff and superiors, to identify long-term remedies, not
  just quick fixes. For significant repeating demands in this area, create a
  project to resolve cause, which will be a quadrant 2 task. Challenge
  habitual systems, processes, procedures and expectations
Quadrant 4
RESIST AND CEASE
 'comfort' activities, computer games, net
  surfing, excessive cigarette breaks
 chat, gossip, social communications

 daydreaming, doodling, over-long breaks

 reading nonsense or irrelevant material

 unnecessary adjusting equipment etc.

 embellishment and over-production

 Habitual 'comforters' not true tasks. Non-
  productive, de-motivational. Minimise or
  cease altogether. Plan to avoid them.
Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 4
4 - RESIST AND CEASE

  These activities are not tasks, they are habitual comforters
  which provide a refuge from the effort of discipline and
  proactivity. These activities affirm the same 'comfort-
  seeking' tendencies in other people; a group or whole
  department all doing a lot of this quadrant 4 activity creates
  a non-productive and ineffective organizational culture.
  These activities have no positive outcomes, and are
  therefore demotivating.

  The best method for ceasing these activities, and for
  removing temptation to gravitate back to them, is to have a
  clear structure or schedule of tasks for each day, which you
  should create in quadrant 2.
Your Daily Time Matrix
   Maintain a diary of your daily time matrix for a
    minimum period of 7 days.
   Classify the activities that you have do into one of
    the 4 columns
   At the end of the week, find out which quadrant
    do you spend most of your time in
   What can you do to make it better
The “How to’s” of Time
               Management
                     
                     
 
 
                              How To Use E-mail Effectively
How To Plan Your Day
How To Stop Procrastinating
                              How To Say No
How To Prepare For
                              How To Prevent Interruptions
Meetings
                              How To Get Cooperation from
How To Delegate
                              Other Departments  
                               
  
 
 
Tips to Tame Time
   Write down your long-term goals.

   Every day, divide your tasks into A, B and C priorities. Always
    start with a high priority "A" task, even if you can only
    accomplish a small part of it.

   Block off time for activities that are important.

   Stop spending time on trivia.

   Have the courage to say no.

   Always start meetings on time.

   Slow down.

   Avoid procrastination by completing unpleasant tasks first.

   Create time for balance in your life.
The bad news is… time flies.
The good news is… you're the
pilot."
-- Michael Altshuler
Remember!! The keys to effective time management
is knowing where you want to go (objective) and
knowing how to get there (planning)

“Cheshire Puss” Alice began, “Would you tell me, please,
which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where want to get to” said the
Cat

“I don’t much care where…” said Alice

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go” said the Cat

“… so long as I get somewhere” Alice added as an
explanation.

“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk
long enough”
Managing your time effectively

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Managing your time effectively

  • 2. Getting Started Time management is a wide and diverse area, with different issues and challenges for each of us. There is no ‘one-size’ fits all solution to Time Management. It is important to learn the general principles of Time Management and then see how best they can be applied to our lives
  • 3. Benefits of Managing Time  Higher productivity and satisfaction  Improvement of quality of work  Implementation of important goals  Conservation of Energy  Less Stress, Better Health
  • 4. Becoming Aware  The first step towards any learning is to establish a baseline.  Identify what aspect of your Time Management do you most want to work on.
  • 5. Analyze the use of your time  Keep a time-log to the nearest minute of everything you do over a typical working period of at least one day  Include dealing with interruptions, travel and breaks.  Highlight everything that was not planned, and make a note alongside anything that was of special note, good or bad.  How many of the activities that you completed were planned for?  How many activities did you invest time in but had not planned to do so?  Where did you spend the most time, in planned or unplanned activities  How many important activities did you get done?
  • 6. The pickle jar theory A professor taking a time management class gave the following illustration: “Imagine an empty pickle jar. Now, put some large rocks in it. Put in as many as you possibly can. Until you think it’s full. Now, I know you think it’s full, but put a couple more in anyway. Okay, you’ve got a full pickle jar that you can’t fit anything else into, right? Now, put some pebbles in. Put as many in as you can possibly fit, and raise your hand when you feel your jar is full. Now, take your full jar and take sand and, you guessed it, fill that jar until you can’t possibly fit anymore in, and then add some water. I am sure the significance of this little exercise hasn’t escaped any of you. Each of us has many large priorities in our life, represented by the large rocks. We also have things which we enjoy doing, such as the pebbles. We have other things we have to do, like the sand. And finally, we have things that simply clutter up our lives and get in everywhere: water. None of these are bad things. After all, we need the gamut of these objects—from large priorities to times of rest—in order to feel truly fulfilled. No Time Management theory should be without balance, and the Pickle Jar theory is all about balance. You make time for everything, and everything simply fits well where it is supposed to fit.”
  • 7. Learning to Prioritize The Time Matrix
  • 8. Important v/s Urgent Urgent Not Urgent I II DO NOW PLAN TO DO Important III IV REJECT RESIST AND Not AND CEASE Important EXPLAIN
  • 9. Quadrant 1 – Urgent and Important DO NOW  emergencies, complaints and crisis issues  demands from superiors or customers  planned tasks or project work now due  meetings and appointments  reports and other submissions  staff issues or needs  problem resolution, fire- fighting, fixes
  • 10. Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 1 Subject to confirming the importance and the urgency of these tasks, these tasks need doing now. Prioritize tasks that fall into this category according to their relative urgency. If two or more tasks appear equally urgent, discuss and probe the actual requirements and deadlines with the task originators or with the people dependent on the task outcomes. Help the originators of these demands to re-assess the real urgency and priority of these tasks.
  • 11. Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 1 If helpful you should show your schedule to task originators in order to explain that you are prioritizing in a logical way, and to be as productive and effective as possible. Look for ways to break a task into two stages if it's an unplanned demand - often a suitable initial 'holding' response or acknowledgment, with a commitment to resolve or complete at a later date, will enable you to resume other planned tasks.
  • 12. Quadrant 2 – Not Urgent But Important PLAN TO DO  planning, preparation, scheduling  research, investigation, designing, testing  networking relationship building  thinking, creating, modelling, designing  systems and process development  anticipation and prevention  developing change, direction, strategy
  • 13. Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 2  These tasks are most critical to success, and yet commonly are the most neglected.  These activities include planning, strategic thinking, deciding direction and aims, etc., all crucial for success and development.  You must plan time-slots for doing these tasks, and if necessary plan where you will do them free from interruptions.  Break big tasks down into separate logical stages and plan time-slots for each stage.
  • 14. Quadrant 3 REJECT AND EXPLAIN  trivial requests from others  apparent emergencies  ad-hoc interruptions and distractions  misunderstandings appearing as complaints  pointless routines or activities  accumulated unresolved trivia  boss's whims or tantrums  Scrutinise and probe demands. Help originators to re-assess. Wherever possible reject and avoid these tasks sensitively and immediately.
  • 15. Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 3 3 - REJECT (DIPLOMATICALLY) Scrutinise these demands ruthlessly, and help originators - even your boss and your senior managers - to re-assess the real importance of these tasks. Practice and develop your ability to explain and justify to task originators why you cannot do these tasks. Where possible reject and avoid these tasks immediately, informing and managing people's expectations and sensitivities accordingly; explain why you cannot do these tasks and help the originator find another way of achieving what they need, which might involve delegation to another person, or re-shaping the demand to be more strategic, with a more sustainable solution. Look for causes of repeating demands in this area and seek to prevent re-occurrence. Educate and train others, including customers, suppliers, fellow staff and superiors, to identify long-term remedies, not just quick fixes. For significant repeating demands in this area, create a project to resolve cause, which will be a quadrant 2 task. Challenge habitual systems, processes, procedures and expectations
  • 16. Quadrant 4 RESIST AND CEASE  'comfort' activities, computer games, net surfing, excessive cigarette breaks  chat, gossip, social communications  daydreaming, doodling, over-long breaks  reading nonsense or irrelevant material  unnecessary adjusting equipment etc.  embellishment and over-production  Habitual 'comforters' not true tasks. Non- productive, de-motivational. Minimise or cease altogether. Plan to avoid them.
  • 17. Dealing with the activities in Quadrant 4 4 - RESIST AND CEASE These activities are not tasks, they are habitual comforters which provide a refuge from the effort of discipline and proactivity. These activities affirm the same 'comfort- seeking' tendencies in other people; a group or whole department all doing a lot of this quadrant 4 activity creates a non-productive and ineffective organizational culture. These activities have no positive outcomes, and are therefore demotivating. The best method for ceasing these activities, and for removing temptation to gravitate back to them, is to have a clear structure or schedule of tasks for each day, which you should create in quadrant 2.
  • 18. Your Daily Time Matrix  Maintain a diary of your daily time matrix for a minimum period of 7 days.  Classify the activities that you have do into one of the 4 columns  At the end of the week, find out which quadrant do you spend most of your time in  What can you do to make it better
  • 19. The “How to’s” of Time Management         How To Use E-mail Effectively How To Plan Your Day How To Stop Procrastinating How To Say No How To Prepare For How To Prevent Interruptions Meetings How To Get Cooperation from How To Delegate Other Departments           
  • 20. Tips to Tame Time  Write down your long-term goals.  Every day, divide your tasks into A, B and C priorities. Always start with a high priority "A" task, even if you can only accomplish a small part of it.  Block off time for activities that are important.  Stop spending time on trivia.  Have the courage to say no.  Always start meetings on time.  Slow down.  Avoid procrastination by completing unpleasant tasks first.  Create time for balance in your life.
  • 21. The bad news is… time flies. The good news is… you're the pilot." -- Michael Altshuler
  • 22. Remember!! The keys to effective time management is knowing where you want to go (objective) and knowing how to get there (planning) “Cheshire Puss” Alice began, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where want to get to” said the Cat “I don’t much care where…” said Alice “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go” said the Cat “… so long as I get somewhere” Alice added as an explanation. “Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough”