Time Management for Strategic Leaders
Presentation Notes
1. Mindset
Your time is an extremely scarce resource and how you choose to use it is critically important for the
achievement of your strategic objectives.
2. Strategy
Your strategy guides the use of your time.
3. Delegation
It’s the printing press for time and a win-win with your people. Delegation gives a sense of
empowerment. It requires a ‘safe’ environment, trust, and coaching for success. Some of your saved
time from delegation goes to coaching and communicating with others. Remember you cannot
delegate accountability.
4. Calendar
How do you forward plan? Build in the ‘need to do’ items, give yourself time for reflection (this must
be done but is likely to get pushed out), work with people who assist you to enable good calendar
management. Be a little bit selfish – you can’t always say yes to everyone.
“There is nothing more wasteful than doing efficiently something that doesn’t need to be done.”
5. Culture
Being the leader of your school’s culture is your most important job. An effective culture takes a lot
of time to build and strengthen, and it takes active day-to-day management. How you spend your
time signals the important aspects of culture – carve time out for it.
6. Energy
Your visible energy is the most important success factor for your leadership. How you manage your
calendar is critical to your energy levels. Find the conditions that make YOU successful.
Rating Exercise:
A. How well-planned is your calendar?
B. What proportion of your time do you spend on key priorities?
C. The energy factor – how energised are you feeling?
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