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"You will build a truly successful career only if you manage your time effectively and plan your personal development properly."
There are many books on time management and personal development but John Adair's experience of management development in the business, military and academic spheres adds a rare degree of insight, depth and context to his practical advice.
This book encapsulates Adair's ideas on how to establish clear long-term goals and linking your daily action planning to their achievement. It provides you with the tools, techniques and framework needed for your continuing personal development.
John Adair's books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. You will find this book equally valuable, whether you are beginning your career in management or looking for an expert refresher course.
Contents
About this book
What are your objectives?
PART ONE TIME MANAGEMENT
1. Philosophy
Towards a new philosophy of management
The leader-manager-professional concept
What is time?
Can you manage time?
Checklist - is your philosophy clear?
Summary
The 10 principles of time management
2. Develop a personal sense of time
Keeping a time log
Exercise
How do you value other people's time?
Summary
3. Identify long-term goals
Ten key words for time planners
First define your purpose
Then define your strategic aims
4. Make middle-term plans
Checklist - is it a 'SMARTER' objective?
Improving time norms
5. Plan the day
The daily list
The daily plan
Checklist - daily planning
Learn to say no
Six key points for planning your day
6. Make the best use of your best time
Checklist - do you make best use of your best time?
7. Organise office work
Time effectiveness in offices
How to control interruptions
Eight key points for dealing with interruptions
Checklist - paperwork
8. Manage meetings in person / online
The cost of meetings
Begin on time and end on time!
Points to ponder
Checklist - how effective are you as a manager of meetings?
9 Delegate effectively
Decide what to delegate
Skills of delegation
Exercise
Are you a good delegator yet?
10. Make use of committed time
Exercise
Some examples of committed time
Travel time
11. Manage your health
Exercise
How do you really manage your energy levels?
Coping with stress
Exercise
Eliminate stress caused by poor time management
A final word
PART TWO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
1 Introduction
Aims and objectives
Overview
2 Philosophy
A model of integrated management
The concept of competence
Self-assessment
Checking your perceptions
Continuous improvement and self-development
Being proactive and helping yourself
Checklist - key personal competences
Competence check
3 Where you are now
Exercise
Logging your achievements
Exercise
Personal competence and skills activity analysis
Summary
4. How you can learn and develop yourself
The learning cycle
Learning stages/learning styles
The questionnaire
A brief description of each style
Developing your learning style
Ways of learning
Action for learning
5. Where you want to be
Objective setting and action planning
Long-term development goals
Exercise
Clarifying objectives
Summary
6. Evaluate, check, review and update
Progress checklist
Evaluate and review your progress
Giving feedback
Summary
7. Your personal profile
The sequence
The career statement and your achievements
Collect your material
Style of writing
Collecting evidence for a portfolio
Summary
