Time management tips for an entrepreneur entering the new year

Effective time management is one of the most essential skills for busy people business man to make sure their business runs smoothly as they have a lot of work to do, from Plan and execute strategies to manage staff to lead meetings and acquire new clients. As entrepreneurs are multi-tasking, the switching contexts and multitasking involved in holding multiple roles pose great time management challenges, but no matter how tight the schedule, Every entrepreneur needs to allocate a suitable time for each task.

Digital tools and technologies have evolved so much that we can get almost everything done in half the time and more efficiently using these productivity tools. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Ar Himani Ahuja, Founder of One Digital, shared: “Using productivity tools is the first consideration to optimize time. For example, choose software that automates organizational operations and communications that can take care of team management on its own. Managing time by multitasking is not always an effective recipe; instead, it hinders productivity at work and kills a lot of time. The best way to accomplish multiple tasks is to focus on one task at a time. Creating a simple daily and weekly plan that focuses on listing key goals will help us prioritize and delegate multiple tasks. Additionally, time checking helps identify potential gaps in our daily schedule.”

Planning is an important part of any business entrepreneur. Kartkeya Batra, Founder of Opulo, asserts: “As a business head, there will be some meetings to attend and countless other tasks to deal with during the day but it is important not to let any claims Random requests, unplanned meetings or video conferencing are stealing your time. A good idea for time management with such unplanned events is to set a fixed dwell time. Make sure not to spend more than the allotted time on unscheduled meetings or unscheduled calls. Thus, your work gets done without the struggle to make them fit your schedule.”

As an entrepreneur, you can take full control of your work by using your time management skills. However, better time management is not only about managing your schedule effectively, but also managing it intelligently to get more done.