The following are examples of time-savers:

• Managing the decision-making process, not the decisions

• Concentrating on doing only one task at a time

• Establishing daily, short-term, mid-term, and long-term priorities

• Handling correspondence expeditiously with quick, short letters and memos

• Throwing unneeded things away

• Establishing personal deadlines and ones for the organization

• Not wasting other people's time

• Ensuring all meetings have a purpose, time limit, and include only essential people

• Getting rid of busywork

• Maintaining accurate calendars; abiding by them

• Knowing when to stop a task, policy, or procedure

• Delegating everything possible and empowering subordinates

• Keeping things simple

• Ensuring time is set aside to accomplish high priority tasks

• Setting aside time for reflection

• Using checklists and To-Do lists

• Adjusting priorities as a result of new tasks