TY - BOOK AU - Forsyth, Patrick TI - 100 Great Time Management Ideas: : From Leading Companies Aroun SN - 9789388247634 U1 - 650.11 PY - 2019/// CY - Mumbai PB - Embassy Books KW - Great Ideas N1 - The ideas 1 See where time goes now 2 Plan, work—work, plan 3 Setting clear objectives 4 Speculate to accumulate 5 Using Pareto’s law 6 Tackling the tyranny of the urgent versus the important 7 Give clear instructions 8 Beware favorites 9 Use a “document parking” system 10 Aim at infl uencing particular result areas 11 Make use of checklists 12 Use abstracts 13 The best assistant 14 Communicate with your secretary 15 Be brief 16 A clear diary 17 What kind of system? 18 Good, better, best . . . acceptable 19 Trust the computer? 20 Cancellation as a time saver 21 Motivate your people 22 Thinking ahead 23 See the broad picture 24 Avoiding a common confusion 25 “Everybody’s gone surfing, surfing . . .” 26 And let’s send a copy to . . . 27 Telephone efficiency 28 A little help from some “special” friends 29 Give yourself some time rules 30 Don’t write 31 Avoid purposeless meetings 32 Handling telephone interruptions 33 Keep papers safe and tidy 34 Do not put it in writing 35 A magic word 36 The productive breather 37 Write faster 38 A cosmic danger 39 Morning, noon, or night 40 Technology to the rescue 41 Time to stay put 42 When being regular is a problem 43 Time to get noticed 44 The most time-saving object in your office 45 What I meant to say . . . 46 Avoiding meeting mayhem 47 In the beginning—or not? 48 The confl ict/time equation 49 Too many head chefs 50 An idea that generates ideas 51 Reward yourself 52 Best time for appointments 53 But I know where everything is 54 One thing at a time—together 55 At the bottom of the pile 56 Resolve to “blitz the bits” 57 “If I had wanted it tomorrow I would have asked for it tomorrow” 58 Be secure 59 Where you are may be as important as what you do 60 Do a swap 61 Food for thought 62 Less in touch, more time 63 In times of (travel) trouble 64 While you were away 65 “Well, it’s always been done like this” 66 I was just passing 67 Encourage and help others 68 To meet or not to meet . . . 69 Categorize to maintain the balance 70 On occasion, let’s talk 71 Well spotted 72 Fighting the plague 73 Let the plant grow 74 Over to you 75 Know when to leave well alone 76 Is that the time? 77 Making it clear 78 Soldiering on 79 Driven to distractions 80 A clear agenda = a shorter meeting 81 The most time-saving phrase in the English language 82 Work to rule! 83 A balancing act 84 Avoid duplicating information unnecessarily 85 The right methodology? 86 Make skills save time 87 Timing and meetings 88 Plan your journey 89 Working the plan 90 Allow for the unexpected 91 So cats can play 92 Coping with IT change 93 Time to tell a white lie? 94 On the move 95 Never compete with interruptions 96 Meetings: where to hold them 97 A time-aware team 98 More possibilities 99 Focus on what achieves results 100 Follow Sinatra Appendix 1 Chairing a meeting 2 Delegating ER -