Successful Time Management.pdf

CREATING SUCCESS

Successful

Management

Second edition

• Get organised

• Learn to

prioritise

• Minimise

paperwork

• Maximise your

performance

Patrick Forsyth

Time

CREATING SUCCESS

Time Management

Third edition

Patrick Forsyth

London and Philadelphia

Successful

Publisher’s note

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First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2003 by Kogan Page Limited

Second edition published in 2007

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ISBN-10 0 7494 4834 2

ISBN-13 978 0 7494 4834 9

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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Forsyth, Patrick.

Successful time management / Patrick Forsyth.--2nd ed.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7494-4834-9

ISBN-10: 0-7494-4834-2

1. Time management. I. Title.

HD69.T54F67 2007

650.1’l--dc22

2006030169

Typeset by Jean Cussons Typesetting, Diss, Norfolk

Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd

Contents

Preface

1. Time: a key resource – opportunities and difficulties

Making it work 3; A personal approach 4; The

productivity gain 5; Speculate to accumulate 7;

Perfect time 8

2. First steps towards effective time management

Your work mix 12; Assessing your current

working practice 14; Plan the work and work the

plan 17; What kind of system? 19; Setting clear

objectives 21; Thinking ahead 23; Spend time to

save time 25; Taking time to think 26; Be prepared

to say ‘no’ 27; To be, or not to be (perfect) 28;

Work smarter not longer 30; Reward yourself 31

3. Getting (and staying) organised

Work the plan 36; Batch your tasks 37; Use your

diary effectively 38; Schedule appointments with

care 40; Clear your desk 41; Avoid ‘cherry

picking’ 42; Use abstracts 43; The internet 44;

Highlight key facts 45; Insist on quality 45;

Action or investment 47; A good personal assistant

■

Contents

(or secretary) 48; Use a ‘document parking’

system 51; Make use of checklists 52; Directing

the techniques at particular result areas 53;

Intermission… take a break 55

4. Combating the time wasters

The greatest time waster? 58; Handling personal

interruptions 62; Handling telephone

interruptions 66; Save time getting through 68;

Make messages accurate 69; E-mail 70; On the

move 71; Thinking about e-mail 75

5. First things first

Pareto’s law 83; Make the miscellaneous a

priority 85; Schedule – backwards 86; Be honest

about deadlines 87; Review task methodology 89;

Eliminate the unnecessary 90; Danger – keep your

distance 92; Be confident of your priorities 93

6. Controlling the paperwork

Aim to minimise paperwork 96; Make a habit of

brevity 97; Minimal memos 99; Minimise your

paper handling 100; Do not let files and filing waste

time 101; Keep papers neat 104; Computerise it –

but carefully 105; Do not duplicate information

unnecessarily 107; Do not proliferate information

unnecessarily 107; Do not put it in writing 109;

Write faster 110; WPB – the most time-saving

object in your office 110

7. Working with other people

112

The socialising organisation 113; Informal

contact 114; Making a working lunch work 116;

Consider a day out 117; No conflict – no wasted

time 118; The right people 120; The need for clear

instructions 121; Don’t do it – delegate 122; Swap

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