What Are The 4 D's Of Time Management?

The 4 Ds of time management are: Do Defer / Delay Delegate Delete / Drop These are the four ‘buckets’ that you should allocate tasks to and a great way to quickly and effectively manage numerous daily tasks. ◀

How Should I Deal With Meeting Requests?

Meetings are a fact of professional life. When done well, they are very effective ways of updating a group of people, discussing their opinions and reaching a consensus and communicating a decision. Sadly, most meetings are poorly run. They are inefficient and inconclusive. Assuming that the meetings you are being invited to are poorly run, a few good tips would be: Remember that just because you are invited to a meeting, you don’t need to attend. Do not automatically accept meeting requests. Stop and think about whether it will be a good use of time or if there is some other way of participating (sending in an email update) that would be more efficient. Ask for a meeting agenda in advance. This will encourage the person running the course to plan it properly. Before the meeting, explain that you have to leave at a certain time. This means that you can leave without appearing rude, and will discourage time-wasting. ◀

What Is The Eisenhower Matrix?

The Eisenhower matrix is a visual way to categorise a list of tasks by importance and urgency. This analysis forms the basis for improving your time management, as it gives you clarity on what your most impactful and important tasks are. Once you know that, you can create a plan to allow you to spend more time on them. For full details, see the article we have written explaining the Eisenhower matrix in full. ◀

What Is The Pareto Principle?

The Pareto principle is also known as the 80:20 rule. In short, it says that a few things are very important, and most things are not important. The key is to focus on the important few. Applying the Pareto principle is a quick way to manage to-do lists, decide which tasks to delegate, and improve productivity by focusing on your critical tasks. Of course, the Pareto principle can be applied more broadly than just to time management. For full details, see the article that we have written on the Pareto principle here. ◀

Do You Have Any Courses Focused On Email?

We do not run any public courses focused on email. We cover managing email as part of our one day course. We do run private one day workshops that are focused on managing email. ◀

How Does Time Management Fit With Productivity And Objective Setting?

To manage time effectively, you need to be clear on what your goals and aims are. When you are clear on your objectives, deciding which tasks to prioritise prioritising tasks and delegating tasks becomes much simpler. Really time management and productivity are synonymous. If you are making good use of your time (in achieving your objectives) then you are being productive. ◀

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