Stay on Top of Your Business Not in It

Published: Oct 25, 2004

Application

Are you running your business or is it running you?

Feeling overwhelmed by a heavy workload or bemoaning your neglect of some of your management functions?

Take a good hard look at your schedule. Can you insert more "management" time? Is there a time of day when you can develop strategies, gather and analyze data, discover ways to delegate some of your work, or do more careful planning? Distinguish and list what are management functions and what are work functions.

Start with small portions of time. If you are accomplishing more with less "work" - increase your "management" time.

Even though most small business owner/managers must perform some of the work, ask yourself, "Is your managing time more valuable than your working time?"