http://www.quietspacing.com/workflow_processing/productive-leadership-a-simple-test-for-action/ Manage Time Better. Enjoy Life More. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.quietspacing.com/workflow_processing/productive-leadership-a-simple-test-for-action/#comment-44 QuietSpacing Case Stuy - Trapped in the Window Seat | QuietSpacing Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:12:10 +0000 http://www.quietspacing.com/?p=1300#comment-44 [...] The personal transformation I have gone through over the past few weeks has allowed me to look at the field of leadership development from a slightly different perspective.   For example, how can we expect leaders to have the presense of mind and the clarity of focus required to truly coach and develop their direct reports if they are completely overwhelmed by electronic information and requests?  In the past, the answer to this question was to send executives to “time management” training along with their soft skills training, but unfortunately, so much of what passes for time management training today is right out of the 1980s.  We don’t need help with our file-o-fax, we need help with our in-box.  Outlook has incredibly useful features for information management, but most of us are unaware of them or simply do not know how they work.  The irony is, we think we’re too busy to take the time to learn and actually change our habits.  What I have come to realize is; how leaders deal with electronic requests is integral to the competencies of delegation, feedback, performance management, execution, networking; really every aspect of leadership. [...] [...] The personal transformation I have gone through over the past few weeks has allowed me to look at the field of leadership development from a slightly different perspective.   For example, how can we expect leaders to have the presense of mind and the clarity of focus required to truly coach and develop their direct reports if they are completely overwhelmed by electronic information and requests?  In the past, the answer to this question was to send executives to “time management” training along with their soft skills training, but unfortunately, so much of what passes for time management training today is right out of the 1980s.  We don’t need help with our file-o-fax, we need help with our in-box.  Outlook has incredibly useful features for information management, but most of us are unaware of them or simply do not know how they work.  The irony is, we think we’re too busy to take the time to learn and actually change our habits.  What I have come to realize is; how leaders deal with electronic requests is integral to the competencies of delegation, feedback, performance management, execution, networking; really every aspect of leadership. [...]

]]> http://www.quietspacing.com/workflow_processing/productive-leadership-a-simple-test-for-action/#comment-43 RealTime Leadership » Blog Archive » Leadership and Time Management Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:10 +0000 http://www.quietspacing.com/?p=1300#comment-43 [...] The personal transformation I have gone through over the past few weeks has allowed me to look at the field of leadership development from a slightly different perspective.   For example, how can we expect leaders to have the prescense of mind and the clarity of focus required to truly coach and develop their direct reports if they are completely overwhelmed by electronic information and requests?  In the past, the answer to this question was to send executives to “time mangement” training along with their soft skills training, but unfortunately, so much of what passes for time management training today is right out of the 1980s.  We don’t need help with our file-o-fax, we need help with our in-box.  Outlook has incredibly usefull features for information management, but most of us are unaware or simply do not know how they work.  The irony is, we think we’re too busy to take the time to learn and actually change our habits.  What I have come to realize is; how leaders deal with electronic requests is integral to the competencies of delegation, feedback, performance management, execution, networking; really every aspect of leadership. [...] [...] The personal transformation I have gone through over the past few weeks has allowed me to look at the field of leadership development from a slightly different perspective.   For example, how can we expect leaders to have the prescense of mind and the clarity of focus required to truly coach and develop their direct reports if they are completely overwhelmed by electronic information and requests?  In the past, the answer to this question was to send executives to “time mangement” training along with their soft skills training, but unfortunately, so much of what passes for time management training today is right out of the 1980s.  We don’t need help with our file-o-fax, we need help with our in-box.  Outlook has incredibly usefull features for information management, but most of us are unaware or simply do not know how they work.  The irony is, we think we’re too busy to take the time to learn and actually change our habits.  What I have come to realize is; how leaders deal with electronic requests is integral to the competencies of delegation, feedback, performance management, execution, networking; really every aspect of leadership. [...]

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