Time Management, Prioritization, and Delegation

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Time Management, Prioritization, and Delegation Mark Walbert Time: 1:45-2:45 Comments from Survey:      Making time for the work that moves the unit forward amidst multiple "urgent" (not mission crucial) requests.      Management of my time and the time of my report[s].      Time management, and how to anticipate emergencies or unexpected priorities.      Time/Resource Management (Doing more with fewer resources) [including time]       Scarcity of time and how to make the most of the time I have.      Time! It seems the business day is meetings and reacting to issues, the work I need to get done occurs before 8am/after 5pm or weekends.  EDUCAUSE New IT Managers Program San Antonio – Connect April 2015

Exercise: Think – Pair – Share What activities take up most of your time? (e.g., meetings, email,…) What patterns do you notice in your use of time? Time: 5 minutes

Exercise: Think – Pair – Share What are some of your most frequent time management frustrations? Time: 5 minutes

Exercise: Think – Pair – Share What are some of your tried and true ways of fixing time management issues? Time: 5 minutes

Time Management Gotchas Monkeys… Procrastination Interruptions/distractions Meetings Micromanagement Multi-tasking Multi-tasking: Email response while on the phone… No one actually does this well…

Who’s Got the Monkey? “When you accept primary responsibility for a subordinate’s problem or action item, you may not realize it that very moment, but it’s as though you have allowed a monkey to be transferred from your subordinate’s back onto yours”. Harvard Business Review, November-December 1999 hbr.org

Procrastination Recognize it Break tasks down into smaller tasks Do something else Write it down Time yourself (5 min) Reward yourself Be accountable to someone Identify consequences of not doing task

Interruptions Schedule and Block Time Close your door Go to the library/coffee shop Have regular meetings if needed Learn to say no Have script for excusing yourself or setting parameters Hold M-F 8:00-9:00 for “Prep”

Meetings Do stand-up meetings Or just shorter meetings (30 min) Best meeting practices - agenda, Who-What-When list, minutes Stay engaged & fight the urge to multi-task If makes sense, do preliminary work with collaborative applications (e.g. brainstorming and voting) Get feedback from attendees

Micromanaging Managers no longer get to do things… Your job as manager is to provide direction, resources… Then get out of the way! See “Delegation”…

Prioritization Align with higher level priorities and goals Rankings - ABC and 80/20 rule (Pareto Analysis) Eliminate and delegate Organize and streamline day-to-day tasks Constantly re-adjust Understand deadlines “Higher level” = University SP; Division, SP, ITSP, etc.… ABC A: Tasks that are perceived as being urgent and important. B: Tasks that are important but not urgent. C: Tasks that are neither urgent nor important. See Covey… 80/20 Rule www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_01.htm Is really about the lack of symmetry between work and results Started by Vilfredo Pareto

Time Management Systems Covey Time Matrix Getting Things Done

Covey Time Matrix http://www.projectexecutiveblog.com/index.html/2013/03/15/covey-time-matrix/

Urgent and Not Important

Getting Things Done David Allen, gettingthingsdone.com

Pros and cons of each system Covey (First Things First) Great for big picture prioritization, thinking and framing Great for work/life balance “Big rocks first” Hard to figure out how to deal with all the little stuff Allen (Getting Things Done) Great for getting huge amounts of e-mails and tasks accomplished (e.g., “inbox zero”), breaking down projects Great for only touching things once Difficult to figure out higher level goals and projects

How to make it work for you Find the components of each system that resonate and work for you Mix and match tactics Test the system Tweak the system Whatever works is good enough…

How to make it work for you Block time to prep each day Prep for meetings! Leverage “Presence”… to reduce calls and IMs (and don’t respond!) Schedule work time on calendar Have “office hours”

But why delegate if you can do it better? Sounds like micromanaging…

Delegation Opportunity cost of your time Your skills Value to institution Teambuilding Empowerment

How to Delegate Determine and define task Make yourself let go Ask, don’t tell Match tasks to people’s strengths Encourage independent thinking Provide necessary resources Reward and recognition

SMART Delegation Specific – what is the task or objective? Measurable – how will it be measured? Agreed – does everyone agree? Realistic – is it realistic? Time-bound – when does it need to be done?

SMART Delegation

Exercise: Inbox Scenario You are a new IT manager in Client Services. You’ve been away at management training and have returned. Prioritize and sequence the e-mail that has piled up while you’ve been gone. It is mid-semester… Assume - CIO, CFO and Dean report to President Time: 10 minutes Email messages handout…

Inbox questions How would you sequence the tasks and why? What would you do for each? What would you do yourself, and why? What would you delegate, and why? Where are there potential risks/pitfalls? During what times of year might the criteria you use to prioritize your inbox change? What other variables might you take into account when prioritizing and sequencing the tasks? Also as a handout…

Inbox Discussion and report out