Relish Your Role
Relish Your Role is hosted by Nancy Fournier Ph.D., Relationship Strategist for Women Nonprofit EDs. This show offers practical guidance and support to women leaders of nonprofit organizations who want to strengthen their many work relationships and regain control over their time. Episodes will cover how to delegate with confidence, inspire your board, develop healthy work habits, and other topics to help you have time to re-energize your creative process and run your agency with authentic power. The show will also provide actionable tips in response to the unique challenges confronting women EDs. Nancy has over 30 years of experience in nonprofit management, board training and executive coaching.
Relish Your Role
8. Taming Your Time Wasters
We all want more time.
Time to complete a project. Time to spend with those we care about. Time to pursue an interest. Time to relax and re-energize.
But as much as we crave more time, most of us, especially in our work world, do a poor job in managing how we spend our hours.
For women nonprofit EDs the feeling of never having enough time is steroid-infused.
In addition to work demands, they still shoulder the primary responsibility of tending to all the logistics and care-taking needs of their family.
We set ambitious plans during our commute to work, even if that trip is no further than from the kitchen table to the office alcove.
But too often at the end of the day, only a portion of what you planned to accomplish was achieved. Not having enough time leaves us feeling perpetually rushed, anxious and like a failure.
How can we tame the beast of never having enough time?
Today’s episode will look at four ways you can create smart work habits to help you gain greater control of day.
Four Steps to Stop Wasting time
To begin to make better use of your time at work I want to offer these four steps.
1. Know your time wasters
2. Make small incremental changes in your daily habits
3. Acknowledge the difference of these changes
4. Set aside time to do nothing
A good first step is to identify counterproductive habits, setting attainable goals to cut them down, noting your progress and allow yourself to recharge by doing nothing.
Find more practicable tips on my website Relish Your Role. com. I have so much respect for the work you do!
Thanks for listening.