What has covid taught me about working effectively

What has covid taught me about working effectively

Jo Hands
COVID19, CHANGE, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, TRANSFORMATION, CULTURE, HYBRID WORKING

Time management has become more complex today and we must adapt to the changing environment.

Hybrid working – we need some help right?

• Video calls for 89 hours a day!

• Spend min 30 mins on each video call, that could have been a quick 5-10 min conversation.

No longer phone calls that are 5 mins.

• You try and do video calls and do your emails or work, so don’t do a good job at anything.

• Group calls, easy to be distracted with emails and other work, projects to deliver change. But then you get to delivery, things fail.

It’s true that:

• Having back-to-back meetings, is not productive.

• You disengage in video calls when they are on all day back-to-back.

• You miss the social of work (if you are extravert).

• It’s hard to get work done.

So what does this all mean:

• Being very clear on your 34 priorities for the week and then broken down by days

• Having times blocked out to do work, real work is important. Whatever works for you – morning 34 hours or afternoon 34 hours.

• Email reading only twice per day, people will call if urgent.

• Turn off notifications so you can focus on the priorities.

You need to get back to basics:

• Being clear on your priorities (34 per week)

• Time block time to get work done

• Don’t do any more than 3 video calls per day

• Call someone for 5 min thing, not video call or too many emails

Being productive at work, means that you can maximise time for other things and feel engaged at work, because you can achieve goals. Understanding and aligning on your priorities is critical to ensure that you know what success looks like.

I’m not perfect, but always trying to find better way to improve my effectiveness at work, some days I win and others not so much!

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