Top Tips

Write your ‘to do’ list on Wednesday each week (rather than Friday or Monday) to capture all that you need to complete that week and start the next week efficiently. This also maintains work/life balance over the weekend.
Understand what motivates your team by discussing how they spend their time outside work.
Pick up clues on how to influence others from what is in their office i.e. trophies/photos mean status and recognition is important to them.
When managing projects, keep time, cost and resources in balance. Use negotiation to maintain the balance.
Managers need to stay aware of task, team and individual needs to ensure top performance.
To be more creative; re–frame! What if you could remove the blocks? Try looking at things from a different perspective.
When solving complex problems, create as many solution ideas as possible in order to compare and find the best one to implement.
Prepare for your interviews - structure it to use the time well. After the interview, record what was said as objectively as you can.
To support time and priority management, make an appointment with yourself every day. Allocate a section of the day which is your prime-time delivery time. When diarised, it is much more likely to happen. Your colleagues, clients and team members will soon see the benefit for them and for you as you increase effectiveness and results.

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