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Time Management Tips for Managers

(Lorraine Pirihi always provides us with such great articles and tips. In this article, she addresses what we can learn from executive time management. What do highly successful managers do to manage their time better? Lorraine gives us some answers!)

Time Management Tips for Managers
Lorraine Pirihi

Late last year I was presenting a workshop for the senior managers of a major organisation. Whilst doing a pre-workshop survey to assess the challenges these managers were experiencing it became very apparent to me that many of them were showing the signs of business burn-out. And it was no wonder why. They were suffering from 'Priority Problems'. Quite simply they were making the mistake of doing the urgent rather than the important tasks.

They were working extremely long hours, with no time for themselves or the people in their lives. Their offices and departments were cluttered as was their communication as a consequence. This meant that they had difficulty communicating effectively with team members and, worse still with their families. Naturally this had a huge impact on the morale and productivity of their teams and the bottom line. What it did on the home front was even worse! And yet overcoming Priority Problems is pretty easy.

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All you have to do is look at what successful managers do and model their behaviour. You'll also find that they are very effective with their time management skills. Five Secrets of Highly Successful Managers:

Highly successful managers are great role models They practice what they preach. Highly successful managers invest time and money in their team and themselves They develop their people and themselves through education and coaching. Highly successful managers are organised They learn effective time management skills so they can manage their time and have systems in place which enables them and their team to work on the important issues. Highly successful managers are fit and healthy They understand that a healthy mind and body improves their productivity and general well-being. Highly successful managers have a life They apply their time management skills so they can enjoy ensure their personal life is a priority. They know by having a balance makes them a happier and more successful manager. The result of putting these secrets into action is pretty simple.

Highly successful mangers get their priorities about people, work and home right! They hone their time management skills and apply them to all areas of their life. .

Lorraine Pirihi is Australia's Personal Productivity Specialist and Leading Life Coach. Her business The Office Organiser specialises in showing small business owners and managers, how to get organised at work so they can have a life! Lorraine is also a dynamic speaker and has produced many products including "How to Survive and Thrive at Work!" To subscribe to her free ezine visit www.office-organiser.com.au

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