Digital Digest: Time Management Strategies To Get The Best Out Of Your Team

?Leading by example often gets the best results out of your team.?

If you're not organised, your team will be drowning in their work.?If you're always late, your team will think it's acceptable to not show up on time. If you manage your time well, your team will meet and exceed their deadlines.?

Time management should be a key skill you can demonstrate for yourself and your team.

What is time management?

Time management helps you to plan and organise your time effectively, ensuring that daily tasks and goals are met.?

It involves setting priorities, implementing deadlines and allocating specific amounts of time for each task.

This also means distractions and time-wasting activities should be eliminated to take full advantage of your time management.?

Why do you need time management?

Time management is one of the most important methods to increasing you and your team's productivity and efficiency.?

By focusing on your most important tasks, they'll be completed on time and last-minute rushes will be avoided, so your team won't feel as stressed.?

This allows for a better work-life balance with allocated times for you and your team's personal life and relaxation.

In the long run, time management will improve everyone's quality of life, allowing big goals to be met easier.?

What time management strategies should I use?

Here's a few tried-and-tested methods to inspire yourself and your team to manage your time productively and efficiently.?

Set Goals

Identify your goals and objectives for the day, week or month. Use the SMART method; make sure your goals are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound.?

Prioritise Your Tasks

Prioritise tasks based on their importance and urgency. The Eisenhower Matrix can help you determine which tasks require immediate attention and which can be delegated or delayed.

Create a Schedule

Create a schedule that outlines your tasks. Allocate specific times for each task, and make sure your schedule allows for breaks and downtime.

Delegate Tasks

Share tasks with team members where possible. This can free up your time to focus on more important tasks, while also developing your team's skills and experience.

Set Realistic Deadlines

Set realistic deadlines for yourself and your team. Avoid overloading your team with too many tasks or unrealistic deadlines, as this can lead to stress and burnout.

Use Time-Management Tools

Use time-management tools such as calendars, reminders and task management apps like Notion to help you stay on track and meet your deadlines.

Monitor Progress

Monitor your progress and your team's progress regularly. Use metrics and performance indicators to track your progress, and make adjustments where necessary.

Encourage Collaboration

Encourage collaboration and communication within your team. This can help to ensure that everyone is on the same page, and can help to identify and address any issues or challenges that arise.

Regularly Review and Adjust

Regularly review and adjust your time-management strategies to ensure they are effective. Solicit feedback from your team and make changes as needed.

How do you manage your time at work? Let us know on?our survey!

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Latest developments in workplace tech ??

Food automation market set to grow over next five years

Now more than ever there is a demand for processed food, making it necessary for food manufacturers to implement automation to meet this expectation. Rapid development in technology have also resulted in the food industry turning to automation to increase operations, eliminate waste and save costs.

Our Take: We must sound like a broken record by now, but what we say is still true- automation is key to streamlining your processes. With changes in the market causing an increased demand, it's no wonder that businesses are taking advantage of advanced automated technology to increase their productivity and meet these demands.

Higher demand for technology that helps people sleep

?The global sleep technology industry is now worth an estimated ￡12.4bn, with apps, wearable devices and trackers all contributing to this growing market. Such tech is being recommended by the NHS to combat insomnia, as a lack of sleep is linked to issues such as mental health disorders.?

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Our Take: It can be hard to juggle rest alongside a busy work, social and family life, but sleep is important people! With apps such as Headspace and Calm offering features such as calming meditation and sleep tracking, there's now more accessible support than ever for people suffering from sleeping problems.

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Major breakthroughs found in four-day working week trials

56 out of 61 companies trialing a four-day working week are opted to continue with this new working pattern. The trial was hailed for improving staff wellbeing, maintaining and improving work productivity and giving businesses an edge over competitors for recruitment.?

Our Take: We remember when remote working was seen as inconvenient pre-Covid, but now most businesses that can support remote working have introduced it, seeing benefits for both the company and employee.?On Tomorrow's Workplace, Today, we talk about these cultural shifts a lot; the four-day working week could slowly become the norm such as hybrid-working did.

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