Time Management: Teams Do the Fastest Thing First
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This is going to sound counterintuitive, but when you work in a team, it’s most productive to organize your work according to how long a task takes.
List projects according to time frames of 0-15 minutes, 15-30 minutes, 30-60 minutes and over an hour. Separate each list again into those that are yours alone and those that you will pass on for someone else to continue the work.
When you attack your day, look first at the projects that take less than 15 minutes and will be continued by someone else. Try to get all or many of those off your desk, because then when you dig on longer tasks the folks who are next on the tasks you just did can be working on them while you’re working on the longer task.
If you start a day with no tasks that will be passed on, choose one or two 15 minute tasks only to start. Those two short tasks will get you in the working mode and quickly to the sense of accomplishment. Then move on to your most difficult task. Having that sense of accomplishment is the best way to begin a difficult task.
How to make a difficult task less overwhelming will be what we talk about next week. 
Liz Strauss
Behind every Successful business is an Outstanding Manager. — PVM
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