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Time-Wasting Problems - One Question to Move You Forward
In any organisation, progress is frequently impaired by the time taken up to resolve problems that occur again and again - usually with people's performance (or not!). At a macro level, there could just seem to be 'lots of problems', which is a symptom in itself. On a micro level, managers are often frustrated by the amount of time they spend fire-fighting, whilst the more creative work of planning, developing people, marketing and more are left way behind. People issues can easily be resolved, with focus and tenacity. A recent client of mine found, when asked, 'Which 20 issues in your business, take up most of your time?', that 6 of the 20 were just one person. This is hugely demanding, both mentally as well as emotionally. And no wonder he was under pressure and feeling stressed. Actually, on calculation, just over 15% of his work time was being spent with shoring up the performance of just one person. So asking yourself:- And then there will be the reward of utilising the freed up time towards really accelerating your businesses' performance. Martin Haworth is a Business and Management Coach. He works worldwide, mainly by phone, with small business owners, managers and corporate leaders. He has hundreds of hints, tips and ideas at his website, http://www.coaching-businesses-to-success.com(Note to editors. This article may be edited for use in your publication or newsletter as long as a live link to the website is included)
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