Have you ever had a really busy day but got nothing accomplished on your to do list? Have you ever been against a deadline and feel stressed out because other people keep interrupting you? Do you want to know the secret to taking control of your time and managing it better? On the John Maxwell Team we say, ‘ If you don’t own your agenda, someone else will’, and when someone else takes over our day, we usually end up resenting them, even though we’re really the ones to blame.
Here are 3 Powerful Time Management Tips For Getting More Done With Less Stress:
1. Let people know when your work and break times are.
Do you lose time because people are constantly interrupting you? If so, you need to learn how to communicate your time boundaries to others. When I’m working on a big project, I work in time chunks to be more effective. So I turn my phone on do not disturb and set an alarm to go off at the end of my time chunk. I also let people around me know that I need full focus for that one hour.
2. Stop correcting other’s mistakes.
Do you lose time because you’re correcting other people’s mistakes over and over again? If so, you need to stop fixing their mistakes and start letting them know that it’s THEIR responsibility to do their job correctly. As long as people feel that you will correct their mistakes over and over again, why would they take the time to correct it themselves? They need to learn how to do their job effectively and do it right. Start by giving them a checklist of how to do the job correctly and the next time they make the same mistake, refer them to the checklist to correct it themselves.
3. Learn the art of delegation.
Do you take on everything yourself, knowing very well that it could be delegated to someone else? As a leader, we often don’t delegate because we think we can do it faster or we don’t trust others to get it done right, but delegation is a part of being a great leader . It helps others grow & frees up valuable time for you to focus on your priorities. Simply determine the level of delegation the person needs and then trust they will get it done.
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Betsy Allen-Manning
Leadership Speaker | Best Selling Author | DISC Human Behavior Expert
www.BetsyAllenManning.com
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