Time Management : Set Priorities to Get the Right Things Done

TIME MANAGEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

Learn from other departments.If you work
closely with another department that is operat-
ing on a different calendar or schedule from
yours, talk to your counterparts in other areas
and fi nd out how you can compare schedules
and coordinate plans to maximize effi ciency

CASEFILE

ORGANIZERS BUILD ORGANIZATIONS

Evidence suggests that the key people

at formative stages of visionary compa-

nies exhibited a stronger organizational

orientation than those at comparable,

but less-than-visionary, companies,

regardless of their personal leadership

styles. For instance, Jack Welch played

a huge role in revitalizing GE, making

reorganization a high priority.

Among other things, Welch’s lead-

ership saved the company’s ailing

locomotive division, and it rocketed to

the top of the industry. In GE shops,

locomotives were repaired and put

back in service faster and less expen-

sively than ever before. The locomotive

team’s results were truly astonishing.

Superior organization saved time and

turned a greater profit.

SOURCE:Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry

Porras (HarperBusiness, 2004).