View Article  Tip of the Week March 27th 2009

Review your activities in terms of your own personal short-term and long-term life and career goals, and prioritise your activities accordingly.

Plan preparation and creative thinking time in your diary for the long-term jobs, because they need it. The short-term urgent tasks will always use up all your time unless you plan to spend it otherwise.

 

View Article  Tip of the Week March 20th 2009

Manage phone calls

Manage your emails and phone calls - don't let them manage you. Ideally check at planned times, and avoid continuous notification of incoming emails.

The more senior you are the more selective you need to be about when to be available to receive phone calls.

Try to minimise the time that you are available to take unplanned phone calls, unless you are in a customer-facing, reactive role (customers can be internal too).

Even if you are customer-facing, plan some time-slots when you are not available, or you'll never get anything important and pro-active done.

View Article  Tip of the Week March 13th 2009

Take short energy breaks
In order to get the most out of your day, it's important to feel energetic.

If you're hungry or you are feeling light-headed, take a short break and have a snack - something nutritious.

Feeling a little bit stressed? Take a 10 minute nap or an 10-minute walk.

View Article  Tip of the Week March 6th 2009

Define your Hours


If you need to work on something important every day, define the hours you plan to work on that project and block those hours of time out on your calendar.

 For instance, Marketing, Errands, Finance and, Sales and Administration Hours.