Time Management

Is time management a problem yet your executive doesn’t seem to be over committed or struggling with setting priorities?

In order to best diagnose the cause of a time management problem the executive must do an assessment of their time utilization. How are they spending this limited resource?

Here’s an assessment exercise you can offer your executive.

1. For the next 2 weeks document how you spend your time. Write down all of the activities and the time committed to each. No one will see this information so please include everything – scheduled meetings, unscheduled meetings, phone calls, e-mail, administrative responsibilities, conversations at the coffee pot, lunch, etc.

2. After completing your documentation ask yourself the following questions to evaluation your data.
What did you actually spend your time doing?
On what did you anticipate/ expect to be spending your time?
How do you feel about how you are actually spending your time?
What action will you take from what you observed in this exercise?