Managing Your Priorities and Deadlines E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 29

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about managing priorities and deadlines with this practical guide.

Whatever your profession or stage in your career, you will invariably have deadlines to deal with on a regular basis. The key to professional success and career progression is being able to handle your priorities so that you get everything done to your satisfaction in the allotted time. This handy guide will give you tips on how to set your priorities and keep to your deadlines more effectively.

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify the bad habits that waste your time and how you can eradicate them
• Learn how to create a detailed schedule before starting a project, and why this is a skill that will benefit you in all future projects
• Discover how you can boost motivation at work with the perfect workspace and good habits, in order to get tasks done and achieve your objectives

ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM| COACHING 
The Coaching series from the 50Minutes collection is aimed at all those who, at any stage in their careers, are looking to acquire personal or professional skills, adapt to new situations or simply re-evaluate their work-life balance. The concise and effective style of our guides enables you to gain an in-depth understanding of a broad range of concepts, combining theory, constructive examples and practical exercises to enhance your learning. 

Leseprobe

How to manage your priorities and deadlines

Problem: How can I set priorities and get organised in order to make the most of the time I spend at work?Uses: Knowing how to choose priorities and manage your schedule to complete tasks within the set limits. Never losing sight of your objectives or wasting energy, saying ‘I’ll never have the time’, but planning and taking action.FAQs:How can I get rid of time-consuming habits?How can I plan the tasks I need to get done?How do I set priorities?How should I organise my schedule?How can I stop procrastinating?How do I delegate successfully?How can I disconnect from work once I’ve left the office?

With the arrival of the internet and new technology, the rhythm of life seems to get faster and faster. Nowadays, we live in a society where the words “speed”, “competition” and “stress” are everywhere. Laptops and smartphones have made us available 24 hours a day. This means that the line between our professional and private lives has become more and more tenuous for both employers and employees, as they cannot avoid their inbox. Doctors have also noted that the number of people suffering from burnout is increasing.

‘Time is money’. How many times have we heard this expression, forcing us to speed up and dive headfirst into the pile of folders stacked on our desks? This focus on speed and our hyper-connected world prevent us from maintaining the distance necessary for reflection and questioning of the way we work. Many of us have become accustomed to working under pressure, being conscious of never having enough time, and cursing the days when 24 hours just aren’t enough.

Don’t wait any longer before reading this book – by investing just 50 minutes of your time, you will be able to reflect on the way you work and how you manage your time. We will present some theoretical models that highlight the phenomenon of the ‘lack of time’” and explain why it is important to change some of your habits in order to emerge victorious. Then we will look at how you can develop an optimal work schedule that will take into account your job priorities and deadlines, so that you can be efficient when you take action.

Time management: the basics

Analysing the “I don’t have time” phenomenon

Symptoms

Food for thought: “Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” – La Bruyère (1645-1688)

We have all suffered on different levels from a lack of control over time. When we get down to work, we often do not notice the time passing or we run around all day without being able to complete our paperwork.

We rush our work and feel that we are missing the essential points.We accept delegated work from our superiors without being sure if we can finish it.We feel like we are wasting time by helping a colleague who is seeking advice and by answering dozens of emails.There is still a whole pile of paperwork to get through…but what have we done with our day?So, we have no choice but to take the work home to get it done in time.