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1. Work Hours:

a. Are you satisfied with the number of hours you each week?

b. If you could shorten your work day one hour each day, do you know what

you would spend that time doing?

How would you spend it? _____________________________________

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(2) TOTAL

2. Work Habits:

a. Do you make a written list of what you intend to do each day?

b. Do you keep any kind of record that shows whether you complete your list

or not?

c. Do you have a calendar for recording appointments and tasks you intend

to accomplish in the future?

d. Do you schedule blocks of time for yourself to accomplish important goals

and activities?

e. Do you assign time limits to the items on your task list?

f. Do you prioritize your task list each day?

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3. Work Space:a. Is your workspace arranged so everything you need is readily available?

b. Do you keep your desk or other workspace clear of anything except the

work you are engaged in at that moment?

c. Do you usually spend less than two minutes looking for something you

need in your work?

d. Do you have a specific tray designated as an out basket?

SELF-EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIR

EFFECTIVE PERSONAL MANAGEMENT

INSTRUCTIONS:Consider each question thoughtfully. Circle the number that best describes

how you currently use your time. Only when you are completely hones with yourself will this

exercise be helpful. After you have completed the evaluation, total your score for each area

and then indicate your combined grand total.

1 - Yes/Always 2 - Usually 3 - Not Very Often 4 - No/Never

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Good Time Use 2 - 3 Need Significant Improvement 6 - 7

Need To Improve 4 - 5 Wasting Time 8


Need To Improve 10 - 15 Wasting Time 22 - 24

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e. Do you have a specific tray designated as your in basket?

f. Do you dispose all your paperwork on the first handling?

g. Does your filing system keep your desk free from clutter?

h. Does your system for handling paperwork prevent procrastination?

(8) TOTAL

4. Types of Time:

a. Do you organize related types of tasks to be accomplished in a specific

block of time? (Example: grouping telephone calls, reading mail, answering

correspondence.)

b. Do you set aside a certain block of time every day or several times a week

for uninterrupted creative activity?

c. Do you set priorities for different jobs and decide which jobs merit yourprimary attention?

d. Do you spend an hour or more at the beginning of each month formally

planning it?

e. Do you have a routine process for planning monthly?

(5) TOTAL

5. Working Habits:

a. Do you ask your assistant or allow your voice mail to take calls for certainlength of time and return calls in-groups to improve your workflow?

b. Do you spend most of your telephone time on business exchange related

to the purpose of the call?

c. Do you group your questions and topics to reduce the number of

interruptions by phone, drop-ins, and others?

d. Do you go somewhere to prevent the telephone from breaking your

concentration on important matters?

e. Do you dictate brief memos, use e-mail, voice mail, or other technology to

reduce the time that it takes to contact a number of people?

(5) TOTAL

6. Making Use of Downtime?

a. Do you make effective use of travel time such as commuting to work, driving

to appointments, etc?

b. Do you frequently work on important things while waiting for someone else?




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c. Do you minimize the amount of your down time by improved scheduling of

appointments, travel, etc?

d. Do you use some of your down time for relaxation and/or creative thinking?

(4) TOTAL

7. Use of Secretary or Assistant (if applicable):

a. Does your secretary/assistant know what is on your task list for today?

b. Does your secretary/assistant automatically find for you the file and

information that you need for the tasks on your list?

c. Does your secretary/assistant open and organize your mail?

d. Do you dictate your answers to letters and memos?

e. Do you direct your secretary/assistant to answer some correspondence foryou?

f. Does our secretary/assistant know exactly how to handle visitors and people

who call on the telephone?

g. Does your secretary/assistant always know where you are during the

working day?

h. Does your secretary/assistant know what circumstances are important

enough for you to be interrupted when you are in a conference?

i. Does your secretary/assistant know what you do that is important and what

is not important?

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8. Delegation:

a. Do you delegate appropriately?

b. When you delegate a task, do you give adequate instructions so that it

may be done well?

c. When you delegate tasks, do you allow others to work in their own way

even though some things may be done differently from the way you would

do them?

d. When you delegate a task or responsibility, do you also delegate the

authority necessary to accomplish it effectively?

e. When you delegate a particular job, do you have a system to later inspect

the work to be sure that your instructions were understood and are still

being carried out?

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9. Training of Team Members (if applicable):

a. Are you available for team members to ask questions at unplanned times

of the day?

b. Do you conduct job training when you get repeated questions from team

members?c. Do you delegate responsibility and authority to avoid repeated questions?

d. Do you avoid many of the repeated questions by establishing departmental

policy or rules that would guide employees activities in a particular area?

e. Do you delegate everything that you do that could be done someone else?

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10. Visitors:

a. Do you close your office door to get important tasks completed?

b. Do you discourage people from dropping into your office if they have no

important business to discuss?

c. Do you encourage visitors to set up appointments before coming to your

office?

d. Do you discourage visitors from staying longer than necessary by cutting

out small talk?

e. Do you prevent your self from repeatedly dropping into others offices?

f. Do you shorten visits and meeting by setting time limits?

(6) TOTAL

TOTAL OF ALL AREAS

11. What are your job responsibilities?

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