{"id":1984,"date":"2016-11-01T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T10:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2016-11-30T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:14:43","slug":"how-to-become-a-productive-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2016\/11\/how-to-become-a-productive-manager","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Productive Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Always busy?<\/p>\n<p>With a thousand and one things to do a day, it&#8217;s possible you are not being as productive as you ought to.<\/p>\n<p>We have compiled top lists to help you become a more productive manager.<\/p>\n<p>Here goes:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key productivity detractors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s talk about detractors.<\/p>\n<p>Detractors are tasks that may seem important but are actually time-wasters. It is important that you identify them, schedule the appropriate time for them and learn to sidestep if they become too burdensome.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firefighting<\/li>\n<li>Being pulled into mundane tasks not critical to your core assignment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Tackle Detractors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Properly set job descriptions and KPIs so departments and their members know their responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Have a centralised admin function with clearly defined roles<\/li>\n<li>Have the Kaizen exercise for all departments where activities that are not meant for a department could be identified, expunged or moved to the rightful owner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key productivity improvement ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a to-do list and update it as the day goes by. Prioritise items on your\u00a0list in order of importance and urgency<\/li>\n<li>Pin emails requiring attention to the top of mail box for easy reference and access<\/li>\n<li>Set reminders on tasks and update as time goes by<\/li>\n<li>Have email folders for important mails\/people<\/li>\n<li>Set time out every day to research and learn something new. Learn how to automate certain tasks!<\/li>\n<li>Keep certain time of the day for communication via emails, phone calls and meetings<\/li>\n<li>Know your most productive time<\/li>\n<li>Set realistic timelines for assigned tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Go on and have a productive month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always busy? With a thousand and one things to do a day, it&#8217;s possible you are not being as productive as you ought to. We have compiled top lists to help you become a more productive manager. Here goes: &nbsp; Key productivity detractors: First, let&#8217;s talk about detractors. Detractors are tasks that may seem important [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}