Read more
Informationen zum Autor Alec Mackenzie was an internationally known speaker, consultant, and expert on time management. Pat Nickerson (San Diego, CA), founder and president of EBI, Inc., is the author of Managing Multiple Bosses (978-08144-7025-1). A corporate trainer, she has trained more than 180,000 managers and professionals in time management. Klappentext For those who feel swamped by work and overwhelmed by information, this proven guide provides the information you need to manage your time and get everything under control. Zusammenfassung The Time Trap has shown countless readers how to squeeze the optimal efficiency--and satisfaction--out of their work day. This much-needed guide provides the quick solutions you need be more effective with your time and avoid and escape the so-called “time savers” that don’t really work. Backed by decades of research with businesspeople around the world, authors Pat Nickerson and Alec Mackenzie explain how to: set realistic goals and make commitments they can keep; juggle multiple demands; estimate time needed on new tasks; pinpoint and combat the most tenacious time wasters; protect priorities; and upgrade personal productivity for professional success. Plus, the fourth edition has been extensively revised to include technology-based solutions to the challenges and opportunities we all face in the virtual world. Filled with smart tactics, revealing interviews, and handy time management tools, The Time Trap is your go-to resource for leveraging twenty-first century opportunities and overcoming challenges to maximizing your work time. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments PART ONE Time Management for the Twenty-First Century 1 Why Time Still Baffles the Best of Us 2 Time Traps We've Been Taught 3 How to Connect Goals! Objectives! and Priorities 4 How to Set Priorities and Hold Them 5 How to Tame the Time Log PART TWO The New Time Traps and Escapes 6 Management by Crisis 7 Inadequate Planning 8 Inability to Say No 9 Poor Communication 10 Poorly Run Meetings 11 The World Gone Virtual 12 E-Mail Mania 13 The Untamed Telephone 14 Information Overload and the Paper Chase 15 Confused Responsibility and Authority 16 Poor Delegation and Training 17 Procrastination and Leaving Tasks Unfinished 18 Socializing and Drop-In Visitors 19 Attempting Too Much PART THREE Parting Advice 20 Life Lessons in Time Management 21 Where Do We Go from Here? PART FOUR Quick Solutions Summaries for the New Time Traps Trap 1: Management By Crisis Trap 2: Inadequate Planning Trap 3: Inability to Say No Trap 4: Communication Trap 5: Poorly Run Meetings Trap 6: The World Gone Virtual Trap 7: E-Mail Mania Trap 8: The Untamed Telephone Trap 9: Incomplete Information and the Paper Chase Trap 10: Confused Responsibility and Authority Trap 11: Poor Delegation and Training Trap 12: Procrastination and Leaving Tasks Unfinished Trap 13: Socializing and Drop-In Visitors Trap 14: Attempting Too Much Index ...
