Time Study Consulting

How to Delegate

Our time study data indicates that the average employee spends 19% of his or her time on administrative tasks. This increases to 25% for managers. For many of them, delegation of some tasks would free up more time for high priority activities.

 But employees make all kinds of excuses for not delegating. They justify their inefficiency through beliefs that are unfounded. If you want to make better use of your time, you’ll get more done through delegation. Catch yourself when you say one of the following. Often, the opposite is true! Read more »

The Best Tip For Planning Your Day

Employees who spend more time planning generally get better results. This is based on evidence from our work measurement studies where employees track their time using our TimeCorder device. So make time for planning each day. Here is my favorite tip on how to do it – just two minutes long.

The Burden of E-Mail

Based on data from a number of our time and motion consulting projects, e-mail is indeed the burden that many employees believe it to be. Read more »

How to Say No

Do you find yourself saying “yes”to others because you want to please them? This creates obligations that are difficult to get out of. But eventually you can’t do everything you promised. Then you have to let people down because you can’t finish. As a result, you feel guilty. Both you and the person you made a promise to end up suffering. So instead of saying “yes” all the time, assert yourself and say “no”. Here are some tips on how to do it. Read more »

How to Overcome Procrastination

Procrastination is the intentional and habitual postponement of an important task that should be done now. Procrastination is fostered by habit. So if you want to stop procrastinating, you will have to break old habits and develop new ones.  But first, try to understand the causes for your procrastination. If you can, you’re halfway there.  Recognize the difference between an appropriate decision to delay and an irrational postponement without justification. If you find yourself waiting for information from someone else, then it is appropriate to delay a project.  If not, overcome procrastination through task strategies in an environment where distractions are minimized. Read more »

Top 10 Time Tamers

How can you become more productive? Here are the most popular and powerful time tips, all in one spot. Read more »