The ART of Time Management

The ART program will lead you through a 60-item survey that will help you Analyze your time management skills and habits on twelve different Time Management topics:

• Objectives
• Projects
• Activities
• Priorities
• Crisis
• Analysis
• Paperwork
• Interruptions
• Meetings
• Delegation
• Team Time
• Personal Time

After completing the survey, you will print out a Report that helps you understand the results of your Analysis. Your Report describes your current time habits and skills that are serving you well. You will also learn about opportunities to improve how you use your time and how to perform better.

After reading your Report, you will know which of the forty-three Tool modules contained in the ART of Time Management program you want and need to study. The Tool modules help you discover the time and performance skills you need to reinforce and those needed to fulfill your time and performance improvement opportunities.

How can you lose? All of this is built into one assessment program.

The ART of Time Management does not load onto your hard drive. It is a totally automated, easy to use, online assessment learning program. The ART of Time Management program computes your Analysis scores - creates your Report - provides you the forty-three Tool modules and all of the forms you need to improve your time management skills.

Why not take the first step to making significant improvements in mastering your time and improving your performance? Add the ART of Time Management to your educational experiences.

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1. I _____ am happy with the balance of priorities between my work and personal lives. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    2. I _____ use project mapping techniques to help organize all project work. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    3. I _____ consider how doing my share of the team’s work affects the team. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    4. When in crises, I _____ identify and analyze both their causes and their symptoms. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    5. Advance meeting agendas _____ are distributed to all meetings’ participants. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    6. I _____ use time logs and other methods to analyze and eliminate timewasters. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    7. I _____ have written work objectives that are clear, achievable and measurable. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    8. I _____ schedule the time to open and complete paperwork and E-mail on time. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    9. I _____ know the priority value for each of my individual work activities. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    10. Delegation of responsibility, authority, and accountability _____ is planned well. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    11. I _____ am disappointed with the amount and quality of time I devote to my family. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    12. I _____ try to arrange mutually convenient times for phone calls and visits. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    13. I _____ sort my paperwork and E-mail into categories for further processing. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    14. Expected meeting attendees ____ arrive late, or are absent without giving notice. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    15. I _____ use importance and urgency, not importance vs. urgency, to rank priorities. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    16. Work _____ interferes with my time for spiritual, religious, and moral development. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    17. I _____ analyze how my time is allocated to my priorities. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    18. I _____ try to gain agreement on my projects’ priorities among those interested. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    19. I _____ screen the purpose of phone calls and drop-in visits. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    20. I _____ struggle when organizing work on complex and/or long-term objectives. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    21. Delegated work _____ is matched to subordinates’ knowledge, skills and interests. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    22. Preventable team crises _____ are minimized by cooperative team planning. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    23. I _____ determine early if crises have uncontrollable causes or controllable causes. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    24. I _____ estimate time requirements for my work activities and check their accuracy. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    25. I _____ assign an "A", "B", or "C" importance code to each of my projects. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    26. I _____ use well planned, and effectively implemented resolutions to crises. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    27. All meeting attendees ____ have the knowledge and abilities to be contributors. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    28. I _____ assess how doing my team paperwork and E-mail affects team performance. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    29. I _____ use leading indicators (such as progress on goals and projects, customer buying trends, changing technologies, etc.) to signal my priorities need to be up-dated. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    30. I _____ analyze interruptions -- who interrupts, when, about what, and how long. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    31. Those interested _____ agree on the priorities of my work objectives. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    32. I _____ sequence related work activities to ensure their orderly, timely completion. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    33. I _____ file paperwork and E-documents in folders and easily can find what is filed. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    34. I _____ eat right, exercise and have routine physical exams. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    35. Before calling or visiting someone, I _____ plan and sequence my discussion topics. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    36. A directive, not participative, approach _____ is used to delegate and clarify tasks. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    37. I _____ follow up on implemented solutions to crises until they are fully resolved. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    38. I _____ am up-to-date in reading for my daily work, profession and industry. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    39. I _____ socialize with callers and visitors, rather than focus on topics related to work. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    40. I _____ monitor changing conditions at work that require re-writing my objectives. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    41. I _____ analyze paperwork and E-mail to process them more effectively and efficiently. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    42. I _____ consider how my interrupting team members affects their performance. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    43. I _____ anticipate work responsibilities to change and alter my activities accordingly. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    44. Bosses ___________ meddle in work they have delegated to their subordinates. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    45. Before even starting projects, I _____ have scheduled all of their required activities. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    46. Attendee participation at our meetings _____ is out of balance and uncontrolled. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    47. I _________ let my priorities become urgent with deadlines that frustrate me. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    48. I _____ set aside time for both short-term and long-term personal financial planning. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    49. I _____ complete work activities at the last minute, or after their due dates. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    50. I _____ procrastinate difficult and unpleasant tasks until they become crises. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    51. I _____ have performance reviews of the progress on my work objectives. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    52. I _____ consider how my procrastinating affects the performance of team members. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    53. I _____ use word processing or dictation software, rather than longhand. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    54. I _____ procrastinate priorities, if difficult, long-term or unpleasant. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    55. Meeting participants’ assignments and follow-up responsibilities _____ are clarified. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    56. I _____ analyze the value of my work time on a dollar and cent per-minute basis. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    57. I _____ spend the time needed for personal and professional development. Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always    58. Team projects _____ are unorganized because of little team member participation. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    59. I _____ wait for the person who has called or dropped-in to end the call or visit. Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never    60. There _____ is timely follow-up on delegated assignments to detect problems. 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