1. Lead & Succeed
With High-Impact
Productivity
Strategies

2. Productivity
-Time
Management
Tidbits

3. Productivity
-Time
Management
Tidbits

4. Productivity
-Time
Management
Tidbits
http://www.nice.com/nice-productivity-infographic

5. Time management-productivity
is one of the most underrated,
under appreciated
leadership and management
competencies

6. If I had more time?....
1) Fill in the blank:__________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
2) If my employees had more time?
___________________________________
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7. Areas to Improve…
• I’d like to improve___________
• I’d like my staff to improve________
• How could improved productivity
impact your business?

8. Best approach
to reclaim time..
1 - Start with 1 thing
2 - Put a plan in place
3 - Master the change = new habit

9. The Big Picture
To manage…
“ to handle or direct
with a degree of skill…”

10. The 7 Key “Manages”
1. Space & Stuff
2. Information
3. Time
4. Tasks & Priorities
5. Technology
6. People
7. Myself
ME
How are you at managing these?

11. The Me in TIME…
E =>T => F => D=> B
“The Me formula”
Thinking style, natural wiring, relating style,
current habits
“It’s an inside job!”

12. The Me in TIME…
E =>T => F => D=> B
“What emotions or feelings influence
and/or drive decision making?”
Action Item: Do a 30 day emotion audit
“It’s an inside job!”

13. The Me Factor
…Behavior & Work Styles
• Inter – Intra
• Work orientation - People, Task, Information,
Technology
• Brain orientation – Right or Left
• Natural decision making style
• Spontaneous, Decisive, Methodical, Inclusive

14. Managing Time & Priorities
Principles – Plan it, Map it, Manage it!
• Use a Master Task List
• Identify the “A Absolutes” (key priorities)

15. Prioritizing is skillful decision-making - consider
these prioritizing questions for starters:
1. What activities are essential to my business success?
2. How does this relate to my client/customer’s values or
expectations?
3. When does it absolutely need to get done?...meaning the
factual deadline, not the assumed one.
4. Is someone waiting for it?
5. How does this impact the rest of team’s productivity?
6. What are the consequences if it doesn't’t get done?
7. How much does it bug me? Why is this an important
question?
*Add your own questions

16. A Way to Visualize Priorities
 Great to use if you’re a visual
person
 Great to use with a team to
maintain focus
 Use color to set priorities vs.
letters or numbers
 Great to use to assess time
use (activities against
priorities-the bullseye.)
 Keep asking,“What’s the
bullseye?”

17. Managing Time & Priorities
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Map tasks on your calendar (week-glance)
Estimate it (How is your time awareness?)
Use your peak productivity period
Manage it - negotiable – non-negotiable?
Still a priority?
Manage interruptions

18. 4 Steps to Effectively
Manage Interruptions
1. Stand up
2. State a verbal boundary /
time frame
3. Look at a time piece
4. Close the conversation

19. Managing Information
Do you know your
information flow?
Action Item: Create an information flow chart.
Both on line & off line.
Goal: Build awareness around how you naturally
handle the flow. What’s working…what’s not?

20. Organize
Your
Workspace
Think zones…
A= what I use daily
B= what I use within a
week
C= what I use in the
course of a month
X
C
B
A

21. 5 Foundational Principles to
Being Organized
Defined as…to arrange by systematic planning
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urge
ssign (everything must have a home)
ontainerize, Colorize, Categorize
qualize

22. Managing Paper.. Power principles
Goal: Turn piles into files – It’s all about “find-ability.”
Q: Can you find anything in your workspace within 1 min.? or
direct someone else to?
• Think “flat creates a stack”
• Keep & work vertical
• Sort into folders (Working Folder or Temporary Holding
Folder)
• Manila folders & a pencil or post it notes
• How can I use color for locating quickly?
• Magazine holders

23. Managing Email – Your Digital Workspace
• It’s all about decision making!
• Have a e-information plan (flow map)
• Filters, Folders, & Flags – Reduce need to
decide (can use the same principle of
“temporary holding” vs. working folder.)
• Autoresponders
• Know what your program is capable of
• More than 1 email account?

24. Managing Technology
Tool or Tyrant?
• How can it help you improve efficiency &
time?
• What can I automate?
• Can a “smart phone” make you smarter?
• What do I need at my finger tips?

25. Tips:
• Re-evaluate priorities
• Do an audit of time usage
• Create an information flow chart – both
off line and on line
• Consider coaching or a professional
organizer
• Get clear on the impact of time and
productivity on revenue.

26. Your reclaim estimate:
Using any of the tips learned – how
much time could you re-capture:
__in 1 day
__in 1 week
__in 1 month
__in 1 quarter
__in 1 year

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