Time Management

Time Management

* Keep a time log of daily activities, identify the time wasters and eliminate the time-wasters.

* Don't waste your productive part of your day. Say your productive part of the day maybe morning or evening, don't waste it.

* Identify the time wasters and avoid them, don't waste time during the morning, read something inspirational every day for 30 mins.

* Create a to-do, a checklist for activities, organize your desktop and mails, plan tomorrow's tasks today, gather and prepare for tasks, allocate time slots.

* Keep away from distractions, if there is no value for work then say no, identify activities that I don't need to do, and delegate or remove.

* Plan your day well in advance, break large tasks into small ones, break the tasks as small as 15 mins and execute, measure the progress of the previous day and how to improve.

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Leadership qualities

Qualities a leader should have
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* Leader should have strong communication skills. He should be able to speak and write persuasively. A leader should be a good listener and listen completely when people talk.

* Leader should motivate team members to achieve goals.

* Leader should have a positive attitude toward team-based work, the leader should create a solution for the problem, get regular training and attend conferences.

* Leader should treat the team fairly and should handle the conflicts.

* Be transparent with your team and keep track of all the activities your team members are doing.

* Leaders always tell truth always and take responsibility for the outcome, ask for feedback for improvement.

* To be a great leader follow a great leader.

* Some of the poor leadership skills are not planning, dictating instead of being part of team, ineffective communication, ineffective time management, focus on administrative instead of results.

* Some of the leader mistakes are: giving self-interest than organization interest, want more money, not living to their values, no vision, acting fast without thinking.

* Leader should have a big picture(vision), have confidence, have good communication skills, ability to inspire and motivate people, take more responsibilities, integrity (doing right things, honesty).

* Set achievable leadership goals, try different leadership opportunities, follow a role model leader.

* Train the team, have a vision and strategic plan, understand the organisation goals and then plan,  talk with the team.

* Leader should take more initiative, prevent problems from happening, motivate others, constant learning, delegate work to others, handle difficult people and manage conflict, be a follower.

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