Great tips!
1. Establish “no respond” hours in your office.
You can’t do important work and respond immediately to email and text. In other words, expecting immediate responses trains people to spend time on trivialities and urgencies.
2. Use the stuffed dragon method.
Give everyone in your office a stuffed dragon. Put the dragon on your desk or in front of your door when you’re doing priority work.
You invite interruption when you leave your door open. Give everyone permission to carve out uninterrupted work time.
3. Turn off notifications.
4. Keep a notebook on your desk.
Don’t chase random thoughts, record them.
5. Stop making everything a priority.
Any boss who believes everything is a priority has a team that can’t focus.
Deadlines often establish priorities. All assignments need a deadline. The next time you assign a task, discuss and establish a deadline.
6. Discuss commitments.
Over-commitment is distraction.
Don’t make new commitments without discussing your current commitment-load.
“I have these five commitments. Where would you like me to place this new commitment?”
7. Schedule a five-minute buffer.
Schedule five minutes between meetings. Take a breath, a short-walk, or just put your feet up.
One person closes their door and turns the lights off in their office for a few minutes.
You will get more done if you don’t run from one task to the next.
Others control your time when you rush from one urgency to the next!
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