Calendar management is essential to your time management.
It is important that you keep both a personal and professional calendar, and sync them, in order to prevent overlap and confusion. Fortunately, there are countless applications that allow you to easily manage your calendar at home and at work. Outlook is popular and provides a color-coded system and pop-ups that help you keep track of your schedule. If you are in charge of your manager’s calendar, be sure of what you are allowed to schedule.
Steps to Management:
- Schedule recurring meetings and tasks for each month.
- Include time to travel and follow up for each activity.
- Include personal and vacation time early or you never will.
- At the end of the day, review tomorrows schedule.
- Schedule daily tasks.
- Schedule single meetings or tasks.
- Schedule time to reply to emails and return calls.