by:Heather Manley
- Prioritize daily, weekly, monthly, and annual top issues, and monitor activity to re-evaluate all items.
- Define your open-door policy for all. Identify when your door is open, and in the event it is closed, delegate problem-solving for each department you cover. Identify your schedule daily, listing activities by priority. At day’s end, make for tomorrow.
- Listing of issues for time management: Management by crisis, telephone management, inadequate planning, attempting too much, drop-in visitors, ineffective delegation, personal disorganization, lack of self-discipline, inability to say “no,” procrastination, meetings, paperwork, leaving tasks unfinished, inadequate staff, socializing, confused responsibility or authority, poor communication, inadequate controls, incomplete information, and travel The Time Trap, Alec Mackenzie, amanet.org (American Management Association)
- A healthy mind and body requires a mix of family first, exercise, play, and work activity. Progress, not perfection, is a key to setting goals and objectives for your team.
