What’s Your Secret to Managing Your Time?
Dianne Doyle, Jessica McDonald and Christy Clark share their approach to navigating a busy workday.
Dianne Doyle, President & CEO, Providence Health Care
“I don’t think there is any easy recipe, but you have to have a passion for what you do, and you have to surround yourself with individuals who you have absolute confidence in and share your vision, because if there’s one thing to be clear about it’s that you can’t do it alone.”
Jessica McDonald, Exec. VP, Development, HB Global Advisors
“Create time to think. Work has often involved long hours of commuting for me, and it was the most important time I had. Thinking through priorities and issues without emails and other distractions creates a degree of clarity and organization that can dramatically affect your use of time.”
Christy Clark, Premier, B.C.
“The secret is being the boss, so that you can create your own schedule. Designing my work hours makes it easier for me to be a mom and have a successful career. When I’m not driving my son from hockey to soccer, I’m in the bleachers, where I can keep an eye on my phone and multitask.”
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The first day of every month
Submitted by Melody-AllNatur... on Tue, 2011-12-13 12:40.The first day of every month is TM day. Brainstorming with myself & scheduling article obligations, blog entries, social media management, marketing, etc. I prefer to do that by hand with a tabbed binder (I brainstorm better that way), after which it is electronically entered where applicable.
Many things can be planned and scheduled for the month ahead and the rest just falls into place around it... well, sometimes it falls into place with the help of a sledge hammer, but whatever works. ;-)