Successful Time Management

Patrick Forsyth runs Touchstone Training & Consultancy and specializes in marketing, sales and communications skills. He is the author of more than fifty successful business books (with translations into 23 languages), including How to Write Reports and Proposals also published in the Kogan Page Creating Success series. He writes regularly for a number of business journals, and for Writing Magazine, and devises and writes training materials.

Successful Time Management is packed with proven tips, tools and techniques to help you review and assess your time management and adopt new work practices to improve it. It includes great time-saving ideas, practical solutions and checklists, plus advice on: controlling paperwork, organizing your emails, delegating and working with others, prioritizing to focus on key issues, getting and staying organized. Fully updated for 2019, this 5th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips to help you minimize time-wasting and interruptions, and focus on the priorities that will lead to success in your job and career. Successful Time Management will give you the tools to become more efficient and effective. The Creating Success series of books... Unlock vital skills, power up your performance and get ahead with the bestselling Creating Success series. Written by experts for new and aspiring managers and leaders, this million-selling collection of accessible and empowering guides will get you up to speed in no time. Packed with clever thinking, smart advice and the kind of winning techniques that really get results, you'll make fast progress, quickly reach your goals and create lasting success in your career.

New to this edition: New and improved practical features to aid learning, including useful templates, top tips, and interactive, reflective exercises

Chapter - 01: Time, a key resource - Opportunities and difficulties; Chapter - 02: First steps towards effective time management; Chapter - 03: Getting (and staying) organized; Chapter - 04: Combating the time wasters; Chapter - 05: Emails - Shortcut or time black hole?; Chapter - 06: First things first; Chapter - 07: Controlling the paperwork; Chapter - 08: Working with other people; Chapter - 09: Final words