What do you do if you're a leader struggling to manage time in a fast-paced product development environment?

The SMART Goals Framework can help by setting a clear timeline for tracking progress and identifying missed milestones. SMART stands for: 1. Specific: Exactly what you want to achieve and tasks you need to complete for it. 2. Measurable: A measurable outcome for each goal. 3. Achievable: Steps your team needs to take for meeting those goals. 4. Relevant: Why are the goals defined important? 5. Time-bound: Start and finish dates for each goal.

1. Prioritise tasks based on impact and urgency, delegate non-critical tasks 2. Implement time-blocking techniques to allocate focused periods for key responsibilities 3. Minimise distractions by turning off notifications, setting 'do not disturb' times 4. Streamline meetings with clear agendas, time limits, and action items 5. Automate recurring tasks and processes where possible 6.Leverage productivity tools and project management software 7.Practice saying "no" to commitments that don't align with priorities 8. Schedule buffer time between meetings to prevent overlaps and context-switching 9. Identify time-wasters and eliminate unnecessary activities 10. Maintain work-life balance to avoid burnout and stay productive

Time management is an old age problem in human history. Efficient utilization of resources requires prioritization of things to be done. This requires setting specific and measurable goals and tracking them with time. You can use Eisenhower matrix to set goals which is, your 20% of our top goals will deliver 80% of value. Prioritize them and channelize your resources towards them. On top of it, you can make sure your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound)

Task delegation is a secret sauce to run things in multi threaded way. This requires tactical planning and making sure there's proper assignment of right set of tasks to right people and monitoring the progress. Use 4 D's framework to first identify the tasks you can delegate: Important: Do it now, Do it later Not Important: Defer it to someone, don't do it. You can always delegate tasks which are less critical and can be monitored by yourself.

Customer obsession is at the center of any decision a product leader makes. There's is always a tradeoff opportunity to prioritize quality over quantity so that you can deliver value to your customer. You can achieve this in 5 steps: 1) Capture - the requirements 2) Clarify - the value proposition you can bring to your customer 3) Organize - the work to be done and plan it. 4) Reflect - the timeline sand milestones 5) Engage - the workforce to execute the plan

Actual throughput of your work depends on your concentration and how efficient you are. You may work for 10 hours but may deliver output worth 8 hours. Use flowtime technique to maximize your throughput: 1) Work until you loose focus 2) Note time you have spent (this is your natural flowtime) 3) Take a short break 5-10 mins 4) Adjust future sessions to your flowtime