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Time Management

Keeping your goals in focus

30 August 2009

 
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The article “For This Guru, No Question Is Too Big” from the NY Times discusses the work of the best selling business author Jim Collins. Given the popularity of Jim Collins the article discussed how he allocates his time, which is as follows:
“… in a corner of the white board at the [...]

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Keeping Unscheduled Time

9 August 2009

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“Every leader should routinely keep a substantial portion of his or her time—I would say as much as 50 percent—unscheduled. … Only when you have substantial ’slop’ in your schedule—unscheduled time—will you have the space to reflect on what you are doing, learn from experience, and recover from your inevitable mistakes. Leaders [...]

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Leader: You = Your Calendar!

2 September 2008

 

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Leaders are closely watched by their constituents and how leaders spend their time is a clear indication of what’s really important. If you say that customers and innovation is important to you, ask yourself how much time you’re spending time with customers and on driving innovation. People look at how leaders spend [...]

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Talking time to stop and think

24 August 2008

One of the topics that I have written about on numerous occasions is the importance of setting aside time to reflect and think. How are you doing with this leadership practice? Do you have a place to think and shape your thoughts? Consider the following event in the life of Edward Bear from Winnie the [...]

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Time is limited…… Are you spending it on purpose?

15 June 2008

 

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"Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose." – Lance Armstrong

The survey of nearly 1,200 managers and directors by the UK-based [...]

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