http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/administration-a-time-hog-for-managers/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/administration-a-time-hog-for-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Chris Greaves Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:11:14 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=221#comment-102 I keep track of my time using the .LOG function of Notepad, and analyze the time on a regular basis. Even within a client project, I track how much time is spent working on the client problem and how much time is spent in emails/phone conferences. I see that I spend on average one hour a day on emails, measured across a year, any month. That may not sound like a lot, but it is a significant chunk of time. I am forced to ask "What if I spent an extra hour each day making sales calls by phone?". Tracking "admin finance" lets me see that I would be better off assigning a half-day each month to regular tasks rather than splitting my days into micro-fragments. Management Measures! I keep track of my time using the .LOG function of Notepad, and analyze the time on a regular basis. Even within a client project, I track how much time is spent working on the client problem and how much time is spent in emails/phone conferences.
I see that I spend on average one hour a day on emails, measured across a year, any month. That may not sound like a lot, but it is a significant chunk of time.
I am forced to ask “What if I spent an extra hour each day making sales calls by phone?”.
Tracking “admin finance” lets me see that I would be better off assigning a half-day each month to regular tasks rather than splitting my days into micro-fragments.
Management Measures!

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