Time Management for New Employees
Prakash V. Rao (Author)
Effective time management directs and focuses raw talent and skill in a way that delivers results. It not only encourages responsibility, but also facilitates creativity, helping you to successfully negotiate every aspect of your role so that you can optimize the value of every action you take at work. Time Management for New Employees will provide you with guidelines, strategies, and instructions to master this skill. You will learn how to set and manage expectations, how to prioritize activities, capitalize on your strengths and delegate effectively, how to meet deadlines, how to avoid interruptions and distractions, and how to manage your schedule without getting overwhelmed. Find out how to align your long term goals with your day to day activities, and learn how to derive maximum value from all your activities, to ensure your time is never wasted. Learn how to successfully plan your time, and find out how to prioritize and delegate tasks in a way that is focused on delivering a quality end result. Make sure you never miss another deadline, master interruptions and disasters, and make effective time management a key component of your professional development and success. With practical strategies and exercises created to make time management simple, and metrics to help you develop and improve, Time Management for New Employees is a valuable resource for anyone that wants to make an impact in their new role
Business & Economics; Development; Skills
1 online resource
9781783000531, 1783000538
969024436
Cover ; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Contents; Preface; Behavior and change; A brief history of time management; Indirection and control; How to use this book; What this book covers; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; Chapter 1: What is Time Management?; The limited view and the big picture; Signs and results of poor time management; Benefits of time management; A definition of time management; Activity management; Event control; Dividing the pies; Exercise; Discussion and illustration; Summary. Chapter 2: Setting GoalsValues; Value system; Benefit; Exercise; Goals; Benefit; SMART goals; Benefits of having SMART goals; Exercise; Action plans; Short-term objectives; Daily activities; Exercise; Summary; Chapter 3: Task Management; Activity lists; The to-do list; Exercises; Prioritization; The A-1 method; Importance and urgency; Exercises; Filtering tasks; The 4 Ds; The Pareto Principle; Exercises; Task dependencies; Exercise; Summary; Chapter 4: Schedule Management; Definitions; Exercise; Handling appointments; Maintaining appointments; Preparing for an appointment; Follow-up; Exercise. MeetingsAgenda; Agenda item resolution; Meeting minutes; Exercises; Summary; Chapter 5: Managing Daily Tasks; Managing expectations; Unrealistic expectations; Dealing with expectations efficiently; Exercise; Estimation; Creating a realistic daily tasks list; Exercise; Summary; Chapter 6: Deadline Management; Parkinson's Law; Murphy's Law; Student's Syndrome; Strategies; Strategy 1
Frontend load; Strategy 2
Artificial deadlines; Strategy 3
Failure management; Summary; Chapter 7: Overcoming Obstaclesto Productivity; Obstacles; Internal obstacles; Professional obstacles; Emotion. Thought issuesAction issues; Preparation; Crisis management; Interruption management; Self-discipline; Taking responsibility; Deliberate distractions; Exercises; Summary; Chapter 8: Measuring Your Time Management Skills; Why measure?; What should be measured?; Collecting metrics; Using the metrics; How to be more productive; How to be more effective; How to be more efficient; How to be more punctual; How to be more dependable; How to improve quality; Summary; Chapter 9: Tools; Tasks; The process for managing tasks; Appointments and meetings; Paper products; Day-Timer; Franklin Covey planner. TechnologyOutlook calendar; Google calendar; The process for managing appointments; Deadlines; The process for managing deadlines; Summary