It's Monday and it is time to create a mental list of your work priorities for the week. Then it hits you: How do I decide? You can always use old favorites such as "pressure from your co-workers or your boss" to determine how to plan your work day. However, if you use this process, then you will have limited control over your work schedule.The other option is to focus on your time management skills. Also, when you rely on the old adage of "everything is due at the same time" as a reason to not prioritize your tasks, it reflects a lack of responsibility on your part. When you improve your time management skills, you become viewed as more dependable and worthy of recognition.
How can you turn the hands of time into a benefit for you at work? Try these trusty Time Management tips:
- Get to know your managers and their task level requirements
- Close out all the prior week's tasks as much as possible before leaving for the weekend
- Predetermine the new week's tasks and deadlines so you can plan accordingly
- Add a cushion to your submission deadlines to allow for last minute edits or updates
- Know when to ask for support from your team mates
- Coordinate with your manager in advance when you need to take a "work time out" so you can be "off-line" to everyone in the office so you can finish your goals
- When multiple tasks are due simultaneously, negotiate a submission date change with managers you identified as flexible based on your work history
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