How to Make the Most of Your Workday

by Pickering, Peg; Clark, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781564145369
• ISBN10: 1564145360
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Career Pr Inc

Summary

Quick-reference guide to making efficient use of time at work. Discusses how to reduce stress and anxiety which slow down, how to manage time and meet goals efficiently, and how to conquer procrastination for good. Discusses ways to minimize effort while maximizing results, creating more leisure time. Previous edition not cited. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	xi
Self-Management: Key to Balance	1	(20)
Assessment: Self-Management Profile	4	(4)
Self-Management Solutions: An Overview	8	(4)
Make a Commitment to Your Commitment	12	(1)
Ten Tips for a Fast Start	13	(4)
Summary of Key Points	17	(1)
Putting Self-Management Solutions to Work in Your Life	18	(3)
Fundamental Organizational Principles	21	(12)
The Slight Edge Principle	21	(2)
The 80-20 Rule (Pareto Principle)	23	(2)
The Bowling Ball Principle (``In-Between'' Time)	25	(4)
Summary of Key Points	29	(1)
Putting Organizational Principles to Work in Your Life	29	(4)
Planning with a Mission	33	(30)
Assessment: Examining Your Goal Orientation	34	(1)
The Mission Statement: The First and Last Step	35	(5)
A Departmental or Team Mission Statement	40	(1)
What Is Your Personal Mission Statement	41	(1)
Remember to Fine-Tune	42	(1)
After the Mission Statement-The Next Steps	43	(3)
Understanding Goals and How They Work	46	(1)
Three ``MUSTs'' for Goal Achievement	47	(3)
Three More Questions for Managers: Present and Future	50	(1)
Marking Your Path	51	(4)
Your Personal Goals Map	55	(1)
Assessment: Where You Are Now	56	(1)
The Struggle for Goal Compatibility	57	(2)
Summary of Key Points	59	(1)
Putting Mission Statements and Goals to Work in Your Life	60	(3)
Planning for Success	63	(34)
Assessment: Current Planning Habits	65	(1)
The Benefits of Planning	66	(2)
Obstacles to Planning	68	(3)
Important or Urgent?	71	(3)
Maximize Productivity in Your Prime Time	74	(5)
The 15 Most Important Minutes of Any Day	79	(2)
The Tools	81	(1)
The Appointment Calendar	81	(1)
The Lists: Two Systems	82	(1)
The Traditional System-Daily Action and Master Lists	82	(2)
The Brain Clear Way	84	(2)
Paper or Electronic?	86	(2)
Adjunct Computer Devices	88	(4)
Summary of Key Points	92	(2)
Putting Planning to Work in Your Life	94	(3)
Setting Priorities	97	(36)
Assessment: Do You Keep Your Commitment to Your Commitment?	100	(1)
Key Functions Chart	101	(1)
Key Function Analysis	102	(1)
A Systematic Approach to Time and Priority Management	103	(1)
Test Your Use of Time and Priorities	104	(2)
Prioritizing Process Planning	106	(5)
Self-Assessment: Effective-Living Chart	106	(2)
Self-Assessment: Present Commitments Chart	108	(1)
Self-Assessment: Your Time Investment	109	(2)
Do a Weekly Time Inventory	111	(2)
Review Your Appointments and Regularly Scheduled Meetings	113	(1)
Self-Assessment: Appointment & Scheduled Meeting Review	113	(1)
Applying the Inventories - Short-Term	114	(1)
Applying the Inventories - Long-Term	115	(2)
The A-B-Cs and 1-2-3s of Priorities	117	(5)
Priority Indicator	122	(5)
Work Action Plan	127	(1)
Summary of Key Points	128	(1)
Putting Priorities to Work in Your Life	129	(4)
Overcoming Overcommitment	133	(22)
Assessment: Overcommitted?	135	(1)
Overcommitment and Stress	136	(1)
Five Steps for Overcoming Overcommitment	137	(4)
Avoiding a Repeat Performance	141	(8)
Case Study: More Than He Bargained For	149	(2)
Summary of Key Points	151	(1)
Putting Overcoming Overcommitment to Work in Your Life	152	(3)
The Deadly Four: Paper, E-Mail, Indecision and Procrastination	155	(24)
The Paper Blizzard	155	(3)
The Tickler File: Setting It Up and Making It Work	158	(1)
Your General Filing System	159	(3)
The Paperless Blizzard - E-Mail	162	(1)
Handling E-Mail Effectively	163	(2)
Procrastination	165	(2)
Cleaning up the Backlog of Unfinished Projects	167	(1)
Conquering Procrastination at Last!	167	(2)
Avoiding the Pit of Indecision	169	(3)
Case Study: M*A*S*H	172	(3)
Summary of Key Points	175	(1)
Putting the Deadly Four to Work in Your Life	176	(3)
Taking Control: Meetings, Interruptions, Telephones	179	(32)
Meetings: A Waste of Time and Money?	179	(2)
Why Are Meetings So Unproductive?	181	(1)
Chairing an Effective Meeting	181	(7)
The Meeting Planning Guide	188	(2)
If You're Attending a Meeting	190	(1)
Rate Your Meetings	191	(1)
Interruptions	192	(1)
Visitors From the Outside	192	(2)
The Internal Drop-In	194	(3)
Regaining Control of the Telephone	197	(6)
Using Voice Mail to Your Advantage	203	(1)
Handling Your Own Mailbox	204	(1)
Leaving a Voice Mail Message for Someone Else	205	(2)
Summary of Key Points	207	(1)
Putting Effective Meetings and Controlled Interruptions to Work in Your Life	208	(3)
Communicating Priorities	211	(32)
Assessment: Communication Skills	212	(1)
Communication Precision	213	(5)
Listening Your Way to Productivity	218	(1)
Assessment: Listening Skills	219	(3)
Do Your Priorities Match Your Boss's?	222	(2)
The Eight-Minute Meeting	224	(1)
Dealing With the Interrupting Boss or Bosses	225	(5)
Getting Others to Commit to Your Plan	230	(1)
Nine Steps to Commitment	231	(3)
Five Key Questions	234	(2)
Tool: The Delegation Log	236	(1)
Case Study	236	(4)
Summary of Key Points	240	(1)
Putting Communication Skills to Work in Your Life	241	(2)
Timelines, Deadlines and Project Tracking	243	(46)
Assessment: Can You Set Workable Timelines?	244	(1)
Make It Specific!	245	(2)
Getting Commitment From Others	247	(1)
OK, But Something Came up on the Way to Completion	248	(5)
Assessment: Flow Charts	253	(1)
The Benefits of Flow Charts	254	(2)
Project Management/Tracking Software	256	(2)
How the PERT Process Began	258	(1)
A Simple PERT Introduction	258	(7)
The PERT Worksheet	265	(3)
PERT Worksheet: The Critical Path Method (CPM)	268	(2)
A Separate Critical Path	270	(1)
The GANTT Chart	271	(3)
Which Chart Should I Use?	274	(1)
Summary of Advantages: PERT and GANTT Charts	275	(1)
The Simplest Tool of All - The Briefing Board	276	(2)
Murphy's Laws of Project Tracking	278	(2)
Summary of Key Points	280	(2)
Putting Timelines, Deadlines and Project Tracking to Work in Your Life	282	(7)
Coping with Crisis and Conflict	289	(16)
Assessment: Are You Ready for Crisis?	291	(1)
Contingency Planning	292	(2)
Eight Steps to Crisis Survival	294	(3)
Dealing With Conflict	297	(4)
Summary of Key Points	301	(1)
Putting Crisis and Conflict Management to Work in Your Life	302	(3)
Life Balance	305	(14)
Assessment: How Big Is the Gap Between What You Want and What You Do?	306	(1)
Assessment: How's Your Balance?	307	(4)
Assessment: Stress Level	311	(3)
Action Steps to Control Stress	314	(2)
Summary of Key Points	316	(1)
Putting Balance in Your Life	317	(2)
Index	319