CHAPTER 10

 SELF MANAGEMENT

1. STRESS

1. MAIN STRESSES

• Work underload
• Work overload
• Frustration
• Change
• Being poorly managed
• Workplace bullying
• Personal financial pressure
• Moving House
• Undergoing a change in family circumstances
• A bereavement

2. ways of minimizing stress

• Understanding what stress is and how it can affect you and others
• To recognize and understand your own stress levels and how they can be altered
• Regular exercise
• Striving to exceed a balance of between work and outside activities
• Having a sensible diet
• Consuming caffeine and alcohol in moderation
• Being assertive
• Learning to say no
• Taking deep breaths
• Seek advice or counseling

2. time management

1. Main features of effective time management

• Having clear objectives for everything you do
• Establish what your priorities are
• Distinguish between what is important and urgent
• Use a "to do list".
• Use a diary/year planner
• Allocate realistic periods of time for each task
• Adopt the 3 D's principal- do it, delegate it, dump it
• Be focused and productive in your use of the telephone
• Be careful with your attendance at meetings
• Manage all your paperwork with care
• Focus the efforts of you and your team in getting it right first time
• Try and obtain and always give ongoing feedback to ensure that your own performance and those of others is "on track".
• Have an effective and efficient admin system
• Obtain the appropriate training if necessary
• Delegate
• Avoid being caught in the beck and call activity trap

  2. difficulties in managing time effectively                                                                                                                                              

• Personal dis-organisation
• Play penning
• Unaware of the benefits of delegation
• Bad memory
• Not being aware of own or others priorities
• Too much idle time
• Not using a diary
• Not taking responsibilities ownership
• Lack of focus
• Lack of timescales/deadlines