Time management is a regular personal and professional challenge that is felt in every life/work area.  In fact as a unique testimonial to this issue, as I question young adults in my American Government & Politics classes about their greatest obstacles as college students, time management always makes it to the top of the problem list.

Well not surprisingly there are different workshops and online help sites that are designed to improve your ability to time manage.  These options are a benefit in many cases, however I believe that no one gives the “art” of great time management the appropriate attention it deserves.  Also, I can report that regardless of the consultant session topic I am recruited to train on… “help us a little with time management ideas” is always a request.

However, today this TRIPLE III TIME message reverses the responsibility for improving time management.  Specifically we are going to look at the question:  Are YOU Using OTHER PEOPLES Time Wisely?

Give that question some real…honest thought.

In your job as a foreman, employment counselor, teacher, division manager, corporate trainer (and the list goes on), do YOU take steps to use peoples time wisely?

Recently I was at an organizational update session with a series of people assigned 15-20 minutes to deliver their information.  Guess what…over half got their information out in less than 10 minutes…but did they add another 10 minutes of non-important “filler” just to feel that they did a complete job???  YES!!!

Bottomline:  When you think about helping people around you improve their time management skills…stop and look in the mirror too.  Ask yourself if your communication practices/efforts are solidly Using OTHER PEOPLES Time Wisely (because it’s a two-way street).

And you know what I mean.