100 great time management ideas / Patrick Forsyth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forsyth, Patrick.

Series:

100 great ideas.

100 great ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time management.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

One hundred great time management ideas

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Business, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ideas to inspire anyone to manage their time more effectively.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE IDEAS

1 SEE WHERE TIME GOES NOW

2 PLAN, WORK-WORK, PLAN

3 SETTING CLEAR OBJECTIVES

4 SPECULATE TO ACCUMULATE

5 USING PARETO'S LAW

6 TACKLING THE TYRANNY OF THE URGENT VERSUS THE IMPORTANT

7 GIVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS

8 BEWARE FAVORITES

9 USE A "DOCUMENT PARKING" SYSTEM

10 AIM AT INFLUENCING PARTICULAR RESULT AREAS

11 MAKE USE OF CHECKLISTS

12 USE ABSTRACTS

13 THE BEST ASSISTANT

14 COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR SECRETARY

15 BE BRIEF

16 A CLEAR DIARY

17 WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM?

18 GOOD, BETTER, BEST . . .ACCEPTABLE

19 TRUST THE COMPUTER?

20 CANCELLATION AS A TIME SAVER

21 MOTIVATE YOUR PEOPLE

22 THINKING AHEAD

23 SEE THE BROAD PICTURE

24 AVOIDING A COMMON CONFUSION

25 "EVERYBODY'S GONE SURFING, SURFING . . ."

26 AND LET'S SEND A COPY TO . . .

27 TELEPHONE EFFICIENCY

28 A LITTLE HELP FROM SOME "SPECIAL" FRIENDS

29 GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME RULES

30 DON'T WRITE

31 AVOID PURPOSELESS MEETINGS

32 HANDLING TELEPHONE INTERRUPTIONS

33 KEEP PAPERS SAFE AND TIDY

34 DO NOT PUT IT IN WRITING

35 A MAGIC WORD

36 THE PRODUCTIVE BREATHER

37 WRITE FASTER

38 A COSMIC DANGER

39 MORNING, NOON,OR NIGHT

40 TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE

41 TIME TO STAY PUT

42 WHEN BEING REGULAR IS A PROBLEM

43 TIME TO GET NOTICED

44 THE MOST TIMESAVINGOBJECT INYOUR OFFICE

44 THE MOST TIME SAVING OBJECT IN YOUR OFFICE

45 WHAT I MEANT TO SAY . . .

46 AVOIDING MEETING MAYHEM

47 IN THE BEGINNING-OR NOT?

48 THE CONFLICT/TIME EQUATION

49 TOO MANY HEAD CHEFS

50 AN IDEA THAT GENERATES IDEAS

51 REWARD YOURSELF

52 BEST TIME FOR APPOINTMENTS

53 BUT I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS

54 ONE THING AT A TIME-TOGETHER

55 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE

56 RESOLVE TO "BLITZ THE BITS".

57 "IF I HAD WANTED IT TOMORROW I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR IT TOMORROW"

58 BE SECURE

59 WHERE YOU ARE MAYBE AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU DO

60 DO A SWAP

61 FOOD FOR THOUGHT

62 LESS IN TOUCH,MORE TIME

63 IN TIMES OF(TRAVEL) TROUBLE

64 WHILE YOU WERE AWAY

65 "WELL, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE LIKE THIS"

66 I WAS JUST PASSING

67 ENCOURAGE AND HELP OTHERS

68 TO MEET OR NOT TO MEET . . .

69 CATEGORIZE TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE

70 ON OCCASION ,LET'S TALK

71 WELL SPOTTED

72 FIGHTING THE PLAGUE

73 LET THE PLANT GROW

74 OVER TO YOU

75 KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE WELL ALONE

76 IS THAT THE TIME?

77 MAKING IT CLEAR

78 SOLDIERING ON

79 DRIVEN TO DISTRACTIONS

80 A CLEAR AGENDA =A SHORTER MEETING

81 THE MOST TIME SAVING PHRASE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

82 WORK TO RULE!

83 A BALANCING ACT

84 AVOID DUPLICATING IN FORMATION UNNECESSARILY

85 THE RIGHT METHODOLOGY?

86 MAKE SKILLS SAVE TIME

87 TIMING AND MEETINGS

88 PLAN YOUR JOURNEY

89 WORKING THE PLAN

90 ALLOW FOR THE UNEXPECTED

91 SO CATS CAN PLAY

92 COPING WITH IT CHANGE

93 TIME TO TELL A WHITE LIE?

94 ON THE MOVE

95 NEVER COMPETE WITH INTERRUPTIONS

96 MEETINGS: WHERE TO HOLD THEM

97 A TIME-AWARE TEAM

98 MORE POSSIBILITIES

99 FOCUS ON WHATACHIEVES RESULTS

100 FOLLOW SINATRA

APPENDIX 1:CHAIRING A MEETING

APPENDIX 2: DELEGATING.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9789814312066

9814312061

OCLC:

612393535