Do you always wait patiently for a response to a communication? Probably not. You consider the delay to be a bottleneck that cramps your productivity, I bet. You try not to chase up too quickly because it appears impatient, even rude. At the same time, when you do chase up you do your best, throughContinue reading “Dealing with Bottlenecks”
Tag Archives: time management
You Are Doing E-Mail Badly: Everyone Is. There’s a Better Way.
There’s a better way to do e-mail. For you and for others.
Churchill Understood Coppering
An article about Winston Churchill’s thoughts on time management in the Police arena.
Think Harder About Communication
You have too many apps. Don’t fear missing out, by using fewer alternatives.
I Wish I’d Known Then What I Know Now…….
Performing in line with your highest personal standards, as set by yourself, wastes less time than fighting them.
Be Proactive ALL the Time.
I’m guessing you’ve probably been told bya supervisor to be more proactive, or you’ve heard about ‘proactive policing’ which technically isn’t proactive because it’s almost always a response to a problem and is therefore, by definition, reactive. But I am being a little bit semantic. In a nutshell, proactivity is the opposite of reactivity inContinue reading “Be Proactive ALL the Time.”
Gnifeirb Sdrawkcab. (Work that out.)
A better way to start your day.
Questioned! And Answered.
I was asked a pertinent question by a reader, after yesterday’s article ‘Get a Grip’ Here’s my response.
Get a Grip – It’s Liberating!
How I did fifty tasks in two days…..
Start the New Year ORGANISED. (Because other people don’t.)
The Christmas period is officially over, and the world kicks reluctantly back into motion. All those tasks you had to put off because other people weren’t available (either by choice or because ‘it’s Christmas, it can wait’) now proliferate your to do list – just as more work comes in that was itself generated byContinue reading “Start the New Year ORGANISED. (Because other people don’t.)”
Police Time Management 