As a CEO, Are You Holding Yourself Back?
As a CEO, are you leveraging the most valued asset - your time?
Like it or not, your time is the most precious asset of your business. And if you are not working at your highest and best use, your business suffers. Even though we all try to work at peak efficiency, sometimes efficiency doesn't equal effectiveness.
We have compiled a list of best practices and hacks from local Orange County business owners you may find helpful.
Get out of the office - Nothing spectacular was ever created during an ordinary workday. Escape the clamor to boost productivity. Get with those that can challenge you.
Don't confuse efficiency with effectiveness - Busyness is simply busyness, don't confuse it with effective high impact CEO leadership.
Get lazy - CEO's refuse to do work that others can do for them at a cheaper price. You can’t be effective if you are always grinding out the work. A little refusal to do the nitty gritty will yield some clever ideas on how to push the work to subordinates. Learn 98/2 entrepreneurial delegation.
Shut off the noise (email, phone etc.) - Highly productive time comes in uninterrupted blocks. With all of today's distractions, you must create or schedule these blocks or you will never get them.
Celebrate victories - We are human beings, not machines after all. When we celebrate and reward successes, we tend to subconsciously find ways to repeat the joy. Success begets success.
Have two email accounts - An assistant can answer the general account, but answer the important account yourself. This will cut email correspondence by 70%.
Read David Allen’s Getting Things Done. This is the best personal productivity book and it offers specific suggestions that really work.
