Successful Time Management (Creating Success series, 119) - Softcover

Forsyth, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749448342 ISBN 13: 9780749448349

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2007

Synopsis

<p>In business, the increasing pressure to achieve makes time management a vital skill. It is necessary to be able to work efficiently and effectively to ensure that one's desired results are achieved - both in one's job, and in one's career. Successful Time Management sets out practical guidelines to help readers do just that.<br><br>Packed with proven tips and techniques, it helps anyone to review and assess their own time management and adopt new work practices to improve it.<br><br>Includes great advice on: controlling paperwork; getting and staying organized; delegating and working with others; prioritizing to focus on key issues and prompt the best results. The appendices include a brief assessment of various time management systems such as day, year or meeting planners, action sheets and more<br><br>Whether under pressure or not, this essential guide will help your readers to reduce time wasting and interruptions, and focus on the priority tasks that lead to success - it could just change their life!</p>

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About the Author

<b>Patrick Forsyth</b> runs Touchstone Training &amp; Consultancy based in the UK and specialises in marketing, sales and communications skills. Writing is a significant part of his own work portfolio. He is the author of more than fifty successful business books (with translations into 23 languages). These include: <b><i>How to Motivate People</i>, <i>Successful Time Management</i></b>, <i><b>How to Write Reports and Proposals</b></i>, <i><b>Tough Tactics for Tough Times</b></i>, <i><b>Effective Business Writing</b></i> and <i><b>The PowerPoint Detox</b></i> (all published by Kogan Page). He writes regularly for a number of business journals and for <i>Writing Magazine</i>, and devises and writes training materials.

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<p><b>1. Time: a key resource - opportunities and difficulties </b><br><br> making it work; A personal approach; The<br><br> productivity gain; Speculate to accumulate;<br><br> Perfect time<br><br> <b>2. First steps towards effective time management</b><br><br> Your work mix; Assessing your current<br><br> working practice; Plan the work and work the<br><br> plan; What kind of system?; Setting clear<br><br> objectives; Thinking ahead; Spend time to<br><br> save time; Taking time to think; Be prepared<br><br> to say 'no'; To be, or not to be (perfect);<br><br> Work smarter not longer; reward yourself<br><br> <b>3. Getting (and staying) organised </b><br><br> Work the plan; Batch your tasks; Use your<br><br> diary effectively; Schedule appointments with<br><br> care; Clear your desk; Avoid 'cherry<br><br> picking'; Use abstracts; The Internet;<br><br> Highlight key facts; Insist on quality;<br><br> Action or investment; A good personal assistant<br><br> (or secretary); Use a 'document parking'<br><br> system; Make use of checklists; Directing<br><br> the techniques at particular result areas;<br><br> Intermission... take a break<br><br> <b>4. Combating the time wasters </b><br><br> The greatest time waster?; Handling personal<br><br> interruptions; Handling telephone<br><br> interruptions; Save time getting through;<br><br> Make messages accurate; E-mail; On the<br><br> move<br><br> <b>5. First things first</b><br><br> Pareto's law; Make the miscellaneous a<br><br> priority; Schedule - backwards; Be honest<br><br> about deadlines; Review task methodology;<br><br> Eliminate the unnecessary; Danger - keep your<br><br> distance; Be confident of your priorities<br><br> <b>6. Controlling the paperwork</b><br><br> Aim to minimise paperwork; Make a habit of<br><br> brevity; Minimal memos; Minimise your<br><br> paper handling; Do not let files and filing waste<br><br> time; Keep papers neat; Computerise it - but<br><br> carefully; Do not duplicate information<br><br> unnecessarily; Do not proliferate information<br><br> unnecessarily; Do not put it in writing;<br><br> Write faster; WPB - the most time-saving<br><br> object in your office<br><br> <b>7. Working with other people</b><br><br> The socialising organisation; Informal<br><br> contact; Making a working lunch work;<br><br> Consider a day out; No conflict - no wasted<br><br> time; The right people; The need for clear<br><br> instructions; Don't do it - delegate; Swap<br><br> tasks to save time; Develop your people;<br><br> Simply the most time-saving phrase in the<br><br> language; Do not hover; Motivate your<br><br> people; Provide specific time management help<br><br> for staff; Make and keep some firm rules;<br><br> Meetings - danger or opportunity<br><br> <b>8. Final words </b></p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749448342
• ISBN 13: 9780749448349
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160