Time Management

Self Audit

An effective time management program starts with an audit of your current work habits. You may have validation regarding your current time usage but is it build upon poor footings and little concrete information?

Lets start by analysing your current routine and work habits! To do this you will need to devote a week to logging your activities, so in order to get started we need to identify your current tasks. Here is a sample of tasks to help get you started. Following is a word document that you can print and use for yourself.

• Travel to work
• Dealing with correspondence
• Checking emails
• Business phone calls
• Private phone calls
• Tea/coffee breaks
• Lunch
• Talking to staff
• Talking to clients
• Filing
• Record-keeping
• Writing up files or reports
• Daydreaming
• Tidying up your desk
• Supervising
• Photocopying
• Internet searches
• Hunting for lost forms or client details
• Afternoon tea
• Packing up your days work.

By honestly approaching this task you can build a strong foundation to identify activities that consume valuable time and those tasks that are starved of quality time.