Six strategies to take control of your time!
In the world of fire and essential safety measures maintenance, there are always pressing issues that try and distract you from being your most effective.
The time management presentation below is one that I developed using ideas and concepts from other people and circulated amongst our employees...
- Make sure that you know the top 3 things you must get done today - work on them first!
- Stop procrastinating. Just do it - and do it now!
- Remove the clutter from your life. Implement 5S
- Work on effectiveness first, then worry about efficiency. Effectiveness is doing the right things. Efficiency is doing things right.
- Manage you tasks in a list, then constantly prioritise and re-prioritise the list every day!
- Learn how to say NO..
Resources
- Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey
- Book: Getting Things Done, David Allen
- Book: The Effective Executive, Peter F. Drucker
- Web: http://www.lifehacker.com.au
About Russ Porteous
Russ Porteous if the CEO and one of the founders of Maintenance Essentials. He has over 20 years experience in the maintenance of fire and essential safety measures. Russ is a contributor to a variety of Australian Standards including AS1851 for the Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems and Equipment. Russ is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences as a subject matter expert and is also a popular blogger and author.
