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Real-World Time Management Roy Alexander

Real-World Time Management By Roy Alexander

Real-World Time Management by Roy Alexander


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Employees at all levels of responsibility are struggling to maximize their time and accomplish everything they need to in their workdays. Learn how to increase your productivity and reduce stress with these practical techniques for time management.

Real-World Time Management Summary

Real-World Time Management by Roy Alexander

In this instructive guide to time management, author Michael Dobson provides tips, techniques, and commonsense advice that will give anyone better agency over his or her time and significantly increase productivity. Real-World Time Management does this by offering readers valuable tips on how to: set priorities; stay on track; keep a closed-door policy; avoid interrupters; and reduce stress. You'll also learn how to handle distractions, stop procrastinating, delegate tasks, deal with meetings, and manage time effectively while traveling.Most of us dream about having a few extra hours in our day for taking care of business, relaxing, or engaging in the activities we most enjoy. But how can we make the most of our time when it seems as though there aren't enough hours in the day? Now newly updated, this enlightening and essential guide will help leaders and frontline employees alike wrangle and order their time--no matter how hectic their lives may seem.

About Roy Alexander

Roy Alexander heads his own consulting firm in New York City and is particularly noted for his sales and communications consultations in energy-related fields. Micahel S. Dobson is a consultant and popular seminar leader in project management, communications and personal success. He is the president of his own consulting firm whose clients include Calvin Klein Cosmetics and the Department of Health and Human Services. He is the author of several books including Managing Up (978-0-8144-7042-8).

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface to the First Edition vii Acknowledgments ix PART I THINKING ABOUT TIME Chapter 1 How to Think About Time 1 Chapter 2 In the Field: How Time Managers Make It Work 7 PART II GETTING A GRIP ON TIME Chapter 3 The Daily To-Do List: Your Basic Tool 15 Chapter 4 Planning: The Little Parachute That Opens the Big Parachute 21 Chapter 5 Sensible Project Management for Small to Medium Projects 27 Chapter 6 Effective, Yes! Efficient, No! Key to Priority Time 41 Chapter 7 Save Priority Time by Reducing Stress 46 Chapter 8 How to Avoid Self-Inflicted Delay 53 PART III MANAGING TIME WASTERS Chapter 9 The Meeting: Opportunity or Time Waster? 59 Chapter 10 Starving Out the Time Gobblers 64 Chapter 11 Delegation: Giving It to George and Georgina to Do 68 Chapter 12 Communications: Time-Saving Plus or Boring Minus? 74 Chapter 13 Why Do We Procrastinate-And What Can We Do About It? 81 PART IV CONTROLLING YOUR TOOLS Chapter 14 The Telephone: Tool or Time Thief? 86 Chapter 15 Operate Your Workstation or It'll Operate You 91 Chapter 16 Taking Control of Technology 99 PART V TAMING TRAVEL TIME Chapter 17 The On-the-Go Manager Prioritizes Travel Time 104 Chapter 18 March of Time in the Global Village 108 Index 111

Additional information

NLS9780814401705
9780814401705
0814401708
Real-World Time Management by Roy Alexander
New
Paperback
HarperCollins Focus
2018-06-19
128
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