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This is the presentation created for Capital Idea and their staff related to managing their monkeys.TRANSCRIPT
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Capital IdeaOctober 29, 2010
Make the most out of you day!
Identify your monkeys by getting control over the timing
and content of what you do!
I must control events, or
events will control me…
John Adams,2nd President
With a partner – compile your list of unexpected “to do” or activities that you did this week.
Get control of what we do
&when we do it.
What is a monkey?
The Monkey Story…
Types of time
Boss imposed timeSystem imposed timeSelf imposed time
Managing your time
Monkeys are not plannedMonkeys don’t end up on the to do listMonkeys can keep you occupied ALL day
The office monkey
What can you do?
In groups of 4-5 –identify one example of a time you needed help in getting rid of a monkey.
Your monkey
What can you do?
Scenarios
Who’s got the monkey?
Who is working for whom?
Getting rid of the monkeys
“How’s it coming?”
(The time consumed in doing this is discretionary for the manager and boss imposed for the subordinate.)
Care and Feeding
Rule Number 1:Monkeys should be fed or shot
Rule Number 2:The monkey population should be kept
below the maximum number the you have time to feed
Rule number 3:Monkeys should be fed by appointment
only.
Rule Number 4:Monkeys should be fed face to face or
by telephone, but never by mail or email.
Rule number 5:Every monkey should have an assigned
“next feeding time” and “degree of initiative.”
Get control of events, in
what we do
&
when we do it.
Keep the Monkeys on the proper shoulders.
Recommend actions – and implement.
