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50 ■ Develop your leadership skills
Exercise
Keep a log of how you spend your time over a two-week period, if
possible charting every half-hour at work. Then go through it putting
a ‘T’ for ‘Task’, ‘TM’ for ‘Team Maintenance’, and ‘I’ for ‘Individual
Needs’ beside each item. You may of course put more than one of
these code letters beside each item.
This exercise, properly done, will give you an idea of how much of
your key resource – time – is not being spent in your core role as a
leader.
Now ask yourself, ‘What am I being paid to do?’
Time management is made up of applying some underlying
principles – know your purpose, aims and objectives, for
example – and some practical policies and tips. Learning to say
no, which sounds so simple, can save you a bundle of time.
Checklist for testing your organising
function ability
Yes No
Can you organise your personal and
business life in ways that would improve
your effectivness as a leader?
Can you delegate sufficiently?
Can you identify improvements in your
time management?
