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| Employee Health & Wellness |
| Schedule Your Workweek: You will always be more productive with a solid plan |
No matter what you do, or how hectic your schedule gets, you will always be more productive with a solid plan for the week ahead. Experts say you only need 30 minutes to plan your entire week. How to do it? Follow the OATS formula:
O: Outcome.
What results do you want to see by the end of the week? Write them down and stack rank them.
A: Activities.
What do you have to do to achieve your goals? List the necessary activities and put them in sequence.
T: Time.
How much time will each activity require? Allow yourself more time than you think you will actually need. Planning realistically gives you flexibility in the event of the unexpected, which of course happens every week.
S: Schedule.
Look at your calendar and decide when you can do each activity. While this may seem unimportant, you’ll get more done if you schedule a time to work on it.
Have a regularly scheduled time to do your planning each week. Friday before the end of the day is a time that allows you the best perspective on the needs of the following week, and perhaps, some of the items you’ve missed this week.
If you make planning a part of your routine you’ll become more effective with each passing week, and increase the productivity of those you manage.
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