Jeff Cerny
If your presentations aren’t memorable and engaging, certain habits could be standing in your way. See how to turn those habits around and achieve positive results.
Your chances of being tapped to deliver a formal presentation are much higher than they were just a few years ago. In fact, by some estimates, as many as one-fourth of the jobs in the United States will require employees to give a formal presentation in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
John M McKee
Wondering if your career has already peaked? Leadership coach John M McKee provides 4 tips to ensure you’re getting the most out of your career.
“I’m really glad that year’s over! 2009 was definitely one of the worst years I’ve had in my entire career. It looks like this year won’t be as tough. Hopefully a decent raise could be in the cards, and some forward advancement in my career would sure be great.” Read the rest of this entry »
By George Mason University
1. A Personal Time Survey
To begin managing your time you first need a clearer idea of how you now use your time. The Personal Time Survey will help you to estimate how much time you currently spend in typical activities. To get a more accurate estimate, you might keep track of how you spend your time for a week. This will help you get a better idea of how much time you need to prepare for each subject. It will also help you identify your time wasters. But for now complete the Personal Time Survey to get an estimate. The following survey shows the amount of time you spend on various activities. When taking the survey, estimate the amount of time spent on each item. Once you have this amount, multiply it by seven. This will give you the total time spent on the activity in one week. After each item’s weekly time has been calculated, add all these times for the grand total. Subtract this from 168, the total possible hours per week. Here We Go: Read the rest of this entry »
Copyright – Counseling Services, State University of New York at Buffalo
Introduction
* There’s no such thing as time management! So why should you read the rest of this handout? Because there is such a thing as self management and that’s the key to making time your ally rather than your enemy. Read the rest of this entry »
By Susan Ward
Do you feel the need to be more organized and/or more productive? Do you spend your day in a frenzy of activity and then wonder why you haven’t accomplished much?
Time management skills are especially important for small business people, who often find themselves performing many different jobs during the course of a single day. These time management tips will help you increase your productivity and stay cool and collected.
1) Realize that time management is a myth.
The Dangers of Overplanning
Written by Alex Fayle
Everywhere on and off the web, people talk about the benefits of planning. Plans help you define your goals, help you determine what tasks are needed and when you need to do them. And plans help you stay on track when distractions set in. So, what’s not to love about plans?