The Productivity Challenge Find an extra 8 hours in every week

Russell Cummings S t r a t e g i c B u s i n e s s D e v e l o p m e n t

Russell Cummings

Business Advisor and Coach – 28 years - working primarily with family and privately owned businesses and industry organisations

Strategy  

Coach  Leadership  

“If you can’t do your job in a 10-hour day during the week, you’re

either overworked or incompetent.”

Mike Abel

Chief Exec – M&C Saatchi Australia

BRW – April 23, 2009

Time Management Pyramid

Beliefs – Why?

Why are you poor at time management?

1.  Attitude – work ethic 2.  Health - diet and

exercise 3.  Sleep – need 8 hours

per night

Waste What?

What are you doing with your time?

Time Management Audit

My Time Audit

MUST Do’s:

Reduce wasted time on emails, web and social media

Reduce amount of time with Team without reducing quality

Increase time for strategy, marketing, sales and training

Reduce hours worked

Travel not included 5 hrs per week

Productivity 45% chargeable

Setup a Framework

My daily roster: Client work – 4 hours

Marketing & Sales – 2 hours Strategy & Development – 1 hour Team Management – 1 hour

Expansion Time – 2 hours

Be Strategic

Exercise: What are the Top 3 things you MUST focus on?

Stop Doing Matrix

Getting the Structure Right

Setting Priorities

Quiet Time

Use model over different

timeframes – annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly

Kanbanflow.com

Email

Check max. 3 times per day

Check once every day or

so

Set up Rules

Turn off notifications

Don’t  check  it  first  thing  in  the  morning  

Chain > 2 Use phone

Interruptions

Impromptu  Mee+ngs  

Disorganised  office  

Phone  calls  

Surfing  the  web  

More productivity tools

Video  Conf  

Integrated  Systems  

Exercise

What are 3 actions that you can take away from today to save yourself 8 hours in the next week?

Summary

Time Management Pyramid

Change Potential

D   V   P   Change  

Dissa+sfac+on   Vision   Plan  

Next Webinar

Making the best use of Virtual Assistants – the Why, the How, and What of improving your productivity with a VA Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm AWST (Perth)

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm AEDT (Sydney) 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm NZDT (Auckland) 1.  Understand why you might be able to use a

Virtual Assistant 2.  Learn how to find one;

3.  Pick up some Tips and Tricks for maximising your productivity and your VA’s.

Thanks Strategy into Action www.sbdbusiness.com.au

Russell Cummings S t r a t e g i c B u s i n e s s D e v e l o p m e n t