How Do You Rate on Time Management?  

Have you mastered the skills of time management?  Are your work days filled with productive work? Are you spending your day on the items that matter most? Take this fun quiz and find out! Simply answer Yes or No to the questions below. 

• I limit the duration of my telephone calls.

• I close my office door when I want some quiet time to devote to planning or other important tasks.

• I cross my name off the circulation list for magazines, newsletters, and reports I don’t need to see.

• The meetings I run finish on time.

• I delegate tasks to employees rather than do the work myself.

• I encourage staff to write reports of no more than one page.

• I make a list of things I will do each day.

• I follow up on work I have delegated.

• I clear my desk of all paperwork.

• I discourage unnecessary interruptions.

If you are good at time management, you would have said yes to each of these statements. If not, the statements suggest areas for improvement.

This quiz first appeared on amanet.org.  All rights reserved, AMA International.  Used with permission.