Time Management and Personal Development

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

There are many books on time management and personal development. However, John Adair's wide experience of management development in the business, military and academic spheres adds a rare degree of insight, depth and context to practical advice.

John Adair's books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. This book encapsulates his writing on how to establish clear long-term goals and link your daily action planning to their achievement. It provides you with the tools, techniques and framework for continuing personal development.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• What are your objectives?
• Part 1 Time Management
• Chapter 1 Philosophy Towards a new philosophy of management
• The leader-manager-professional concept
• What is time?
• Can you manage time?
• Checklist - is your philosophy clear?
• Summary
• The 10 principles of time management
• Chapter 2 Develop a personal sense of time
• Keeping a time log Exercise
• How do you value other people's time?
• Summary
• Chapter 3 Identify long-term goals
• Ten key words for time planners
• First define your purpose
• Then define your strategic aims
• Chapter 4 Make middle-term plans
• Checklist - is it a 'SMARTER' objective?
• Improving time norms
• Chapter 5 Plan the day
• The daily list
• The daily plan
• Checklist - daily planning
• Learn to say no
• Six key points for planning your day
• Chapter 6 Make the best use of your best time
• Checklist - do you make best use of your best time?
• Chapter 7 Organise office work
• Time effectiveness in offices
• How to control interruptions
• Eight key points for dealing with interruptions
• Checklist - paperwork
• Chapter 8 Manage meetings
• The cost of meetings
• Begin on time and end on time!
• Points to ponder
• Checklist - how effective are you as a manager of meetings?
• Chapter 9 Delegate effectively
• Decide what to delegate
• Skills of delegation
• Exercise
• Are you a good delegator yet?
• Chapter 10 Make use of committed time Exercise
• Some examples of committed time
• Travel time
• Chapter 11 Manage your health Exercise
• How do you really manage your energy levels?
• Coping with stress Exercise Exercise
• Eliminate stress caused by poor time management
• A final word
• Part 2 Personal Development
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Aims and objectives Overview
• Chapter 2 Philosophy
• A model of integrated management
• The concept of competence
• Self-assessment
• Checking your perceptions
• Continuous improvement and self-development
• Being proactive and helping yourself
• Checklist - key personal competences
• Competence check
• Chapter 3 Where you are now Exercise
• Logging your achievements Exercise
• Personal competence and skills activity analysis
• Summary
• Chapter 4 How you can learn and develop yourself
• The learning cycle
• Learning stages/learning styles
• The questionnaire
• A brief description of each style
• Developing your learning style
• Ways of learning
• Action for learning
• Chapter 5 Where you want to be Objective setting and action planning
• Long-term development goals Exercise
• Clarifying objectives
• Summary
• Chapter 6 Evaluate, check, review and update
• Progress checklist
• Evaluate and review your progress
• Giving feedback
• Summary
• Chapter 7 Your personal profile
• The sequence
• The career statement and your achievements
• Collect your material
• Style of writing
• Collecting evidence for a portfolio
• Summary