1. TIME MANAGEMENT

3. Did you said that……?
 By the time I complete One Urgent task, the
other one is on my head
 Sorry, I don’t have time
 Lot of work, but very little time
 I wish there were more than 24 Hrs. in a day
 Not today- I will do it later
 Oops, I am late again!
 My room is haywire.. Where to start?

4. Are you Happy the way
you spend time now?
 Exercise no. 1

5. Need for Time Management
 Do we manage Water?
 Do we manage Money?
 Will you manage it if it is not valuable?
 Is time valuable?
 Do we want MORE in LESS?

6. “Time is the scarcest
resource and unless it is
managed nothing else
can be managed.”
– Peter
Drucker

7. Objective of Time Management
 Accomplish more in less time

8. TIME = MONEY
Remember that
Time is Money
-Benjamin Franklin
Advice to a Young Tradesman in 1748

9. Pay Rs. 70 to save 35 minutes
Projected Cost in
2004 300 Crore
Actual Cost in 2009
1600 Crore
BANDRA-WORLI SEA LINK

10. Other Examples
 Air Tickets
 Penalty on Delayed Projects
 Cost Escalation
 Interest on Money

11. To Realize the Value of:

ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the
Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more
because you shared it with someone special, special enough to
spend your time.
And remember, time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

12. Need for Time Management
 Value of Time
Demand and Supply
Cannot Buy or Store
 Desire to Achieve More in Life
 Impression Building

13. Questions
 Why Some People Have More Time Than
Others?
 Why Successful People are far Less
Stressed?
 Why some Executives have clean Tables?
 Why some people always reach in Time?
 When will my work get over?
 When will I feel relaxed again?

14. Answer…….
 They Manage Their Time Well
 When I will Manage My Time Well

15. “If you want something done,
ask a busy person to do it.”
-Lucille Bal

16. Can We Really Manage Time?

17. Is TIME real?
 Can we create it?
 Can we store it?
 Can we hold it?

18. TIME is Relative
 Sachin had all the time in the world to play the
ball
 So TIME is a CONVERSATION
 TIME is INETERNAL TALK / SELF TALK
 For the subconscious there is no Past, Present
or Future. Every thing is NOW

19. So Time Management is …
Applying management
principles which help in
maximising the value of
time by including those
activities which produce
positive results and
rejecting those activities
which either waste time or
produce negative results.

20. Manage Activities
 Analyze Current Usage
 Create a Time Log
Personal
Professional

21. Time Log
 Unexplained Usage
Wastage
Scattered Activities - Block of Activities
 Lion Share of Time

22. Time Wasters
 List Your Time Wasters
 Role Play the Time Wasters

23.  TV
 Avoidable Disputes
 Gossips
 Doing it Yourself
 Perfectionism
 Interruptions
Casual Visitors
Lengthy Tel Calls
Email, Messenger &
SMS
 Meetings
 Clutters
 Day Dreaming

24. How to say NO
 Assertiveness
 Firm
 Give Alternative
 Accept conditionally
 Think of
consequences
 Genuinely Polite
 Permission mode
 Documentation
 Refer Priorities
 Talk of Company’s
objectives
To people To Boss

25. Time Wasters
 Attempting too much
 Indecision
 Incomplete
information
 Management by
crisis, fire fighting

26. Solution
 Avoid All Zero &
Negative Result
Activities
 Improve Productivity
in Already Positive
Result Activities

27. Do you feel …
 The more I do, the more I get
 Shifting priorities with every new task
 I have no control
 Frustration

28. Can I treat TIME as
INVESTMENT?

29. Do I Have a Strategy to invest my
time?

30. What is a STRATEGY
 a plan of action designed to achieve a
particular goal
 Future result of current actions

31. Planning & Organizing

32. To Do List
 List All Tasks

33. Prioritizing
 Perfectionism

34. I MUST do it MYSELF
 List the Tasks You Think Should be done by
you only

35. Delegating
 Be Specific
 Give detailed
instruction
 Define authority &
responsibility
 Set Deadline
 Onus of Reporting
 Empower

36. Urgent Vs Important
 Matrix  Body Clock
 Imp Task First
 Liking job Last

38. Deadlines must be DEAD much
before they arrive
 Reliance Patalganga Project – 6 months
before schedule

39. Efficiency
 Pass The Ring

40. How to increase efficiency
 Exercise
 Eat Light
 Positive Attitude
 Do more and more
 Keep Record
 Quiet Time - Meditation

41. The Pareto's Principle

42. Efficiency Vs. Effectiveness

43. The Perfectionist
Work seems to
expand in
proportion to time
available

44. Day Diary
 Provide for
Relaxation
Thinking
Buffer
 Plan Ahead
 Plan for Hobbies
 Short, Medium and
Long Term Planning

45. Scheduling
Nothing Ever Happens
Until You Create A Space For It To
Happen

46. Set Goals
 Gossips
 Efficiency
 Why we
procrastinate?
.

47. Activity Vs Productivity

48. Meetings
 Inform meeting
schedule
 Do I need to attend?
 Agenda
 Ending time
 One person at a time
 To the point
 Avoid Arguments
 Use notes and
presentations
 Discourage late
comers
 We Keep Minutes and
waste Hours
 Remain focused on
topic
 Record the meeting

49. Physical Fitness
 Take Break
 Stretch Exercises
 Humor
 Enjoy Work
 Efficient
 Effective
 Less Errors – Do it
Right First Time

50. Slow is Fast
 Shave
 Speaking
 Driving

51. Multi Tasking
 Concentrate
 Train Sub
Conscious

52. Assertiveness
 Aware
 Express
 Without Hurting
 Aware
 Exercise
 Without Hurting
Feelings Rights

53. Clean Up

54. Clutters
 Objects
 Computer Files
 Locating Things
 Broken
 Incomplete
 Not used in 6
months
What is Clutter

55. Accepting Work
 Analyze estimated time for work assigned.
 Decide
Can definitely do.
Definitely cannot do.
Will try to do.
 If urgent-discuss-which scheduled task be
eliminated.

56. Interruptions
 Filter
 Schedule
 Alternates like mail
or phone
 Delegate
 Insist to come with
suggested solutions
 Fix Timing
 Go to Their Desk
 Common Meetings
 Send Mail or
Presentations
Walk-in-Visitors Sub Ordinates

58. I am busy. May I note that I need to come back to
you?

59. Interruptions
 Speak to the Point
 Speak Clearly and
loudly
 Jot down points in
advance/during
conversation
 Summarize
 Schedule Timing
 Make All Calls At
Once
Telephone

60. Interruptions
 Check Periodically
 Delete
 Transfer to Folders
 Reply / Take Action
 Use Auto Reply
 Reply by
Phone/SMS
 Do not keep ON
always
 Put Busy Flag when
necessary
Email Messenger

61. Handling Interruptions
 Close the Door
 Rearrange the Furniture – have lesser or no
chair
 Set Regular meeting time
 Delegate – ask them to meet your subordinate
 Meet outside office
 Be firm and have control – Have a minute?
No/ Yes, but only one minute
 Stand to signal end of conversation
 Have planted signals

62. Reaching in time
 Reach before time.
Gain respect.
Risk of reaching late.
 Target 30-60 minutes before Schedule
 Carry work on Laptop, Mobile, Reading, Audio
Books

63. Punctuality
 Gain Respect – Professional Image
 Peace of Mind
 Keep Buffer Time for delivery

64. Post Lunch Activity
 Collect Highest denomination notes available
with the late coming participants

65. Debriefing Questions
 Why did you agreed on the time limit?
 Can you refuse to pay?
 Why were you late?
 Was that task more important?
 Was it your choice to come back in time?
 Who was controlling your time?
 Had you focused on your priority of attending
session, would you come back in time?

66. Ten Myths about Time
1. Myth: Time can be managed.
2. Myth: The longer or harder you work the
more you accomplish.
3. Myth: If you want something done right, do it
yourself.
4. Myth: You aren’t supposed to enjoy work.
5. Myth: We should take pride in working hard.

67. Ten Myths about Time
6. Myth: You should try to do the most in the
least amount of time.
7. Myth: Technology will help you do it better,
faster.
8. Myth: Do one thing at a time.
9. Myth: Handle paper only once.
10. Myth: Get more done and you’ll be happier.

68. How to finish our Assignments in
time?
 Loads of work is assigned to me. The more I
do, the more is given. Where will it end?
Learn to say NO objectively.
 Resources (Computer, Money, Time) are
limited, yet a lot is expected
Make optimum use of the resources. Think out of
box.
Delegate

69. How many of us are Chronic
Procrastinators?
%

70. Procrastination
 Unclear Objectives
 Lack of Team Communication
 Lethargy
 Weak Interest
 Negative Company

71. Reason?
 Fear of Failure
 Perfectionism
 Low Self-control
 Tendency to see the Project as a whole /
Unable to breaking them in to smaller parts
 Prone to Boredom
 Life is too short to worry about unimportant
 Inaccurate Estimates about Task

72. Give Ranking
1. Interruptions
2. Insufficient Delegation
3. Clutters
4. Lack of Quiet Time
5. Unproductive Meetings
6. Procrastination

73. Group Activity
 There are 6 tables/areas marked
 Go to the table/area of your Ranking no.1
 After the bell, move to Ranking no.2
 After the bell, move to Ranking no. 3
 Share how you will deal with the issues

74. How Much Time Can You Save
Now?

75. What will you do with
this Additional Time?

76. Personal Action Plan

77. Implementation Sheet