Why Founders Fail at Time Management
Why do so many successful people struggle with founder time management? If you are feeling frazzled, time-poor, and unable to understand where your day has gone, you aren’t alone. Most leaders wouldn’t run a company budget on estimations, yet many treat their most precious resource, time without any tracking of “actuals.” To scale, you must move from estimations to a systematic process
It is time to measure and track your time, a resource more precious to any of us than money. We need time to create, explore and yes, to sell.
I work with Founder Owners, CEO’s and Managers whose calendars are either overstacked or empty, Neither reflects what is actually going on, what they do each day, need to or should be doing.
Calendar management is an easy starting point. Put in place the time to achieve the goals and plans, block out the space to do, rest, think.
You and your team will reap the rewards when you have visibility of how much, or little, time you have available for more.
Time cannot be created but we can figure out how to spend it wisely to create the space to breathe, grow or focus on what we want most.
The Benefits of Time Management
Calendar management is a systematic process focused on organising meetings, events, and tasks to maximise your ROI. By keeping your calendar current and utilizing time blocking, you allow room for automation and focus
How to Implement Founder Time Management Today
Stop adding “reminder” strips at the top of your calendar. Instead, block out the actual time to do the work. If you have a deadline like “Payroll Due,” track backwards and add the “doing” time to your schedule. Seeing where your time is going enables you to celebrate successes instead of bashing yourself.
Expert Tip: reminders with zero minutes allocated to them, actually creates a ‘false’ calendar. If a task takes 30 minutes, it needs 30 minutes of visual space.”
Time blocking, taking time to keep your calendar in shape to reflect what you do, when you need to do it, will allow you to use automation.
Use calendar booking apps to book meetings and reduce the toing and froing
Use the 1-minute email method freeing up head space from worry,
Knowing you have the time planned in for tasks will reduce last minute andburning the midnight oil
See where you time is going and plan in monthly, quarterly and annual commitments.
Take a look at what I have on my calendar to start figuring out what you should have on yours.
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Spend a little time today and plan in your success.
Stop and write down what you are actually doing each day, week, month and then start to add them to your calendar
#TopTip STOP adding reminder all day strips and instead block out the time to do in the day instead.
👉 If you have ‘post on #LinkedIn then add the time to action. Time to post, time to create the post and time engage with your audience
👉 Add deadlines to your calendar. Track backwards and add the time to do the work so when the ‘due today’ reminder pops up, it is not a nasty suprise
Seeing where your time is going and how much available time you have, will enable you to plan and change things so you CAN celebrate success.
Take the Next Step
You can navigate this transition alone, or you can have a partner in your corner to lead the way. If you are ready to move from being engulfed by the day-to-day to leading with clarity, let’s talk.
How we can work together:
- 📩 A Foundations Reset: for you and your essential systems streamlined so you can refocus on the vision.
- 🗺️ A Discovery Call: A conversation about high-level support, from monthly support to focused growth, so you can actually enjoy the success you’ve built.
