Part 6

Do you know how many minutes there are in one week? A mere 10,080 minutes—that’s 168 hours. This is your wealth in time. What you use it for is up to you. But whatever you use it for, you’ll never have more than these 168 hours each week. What you do with your time decides what you will achieve in your life.

Our daily action follows a certain routine. For each and every one of us, it is important to regularly review how we want to develop this routine. We ensure there’s time for planning and follow-up.

Focus on one week at a time with a view toward your overall objectives. Then focus on each individual “today”: How you carry it out, how you develop, how you follow-up, how you let go, how you prepare yourself for the next day, how you relax, etc.

By taking the time to consider the course of the day’s activities, you can meet each moment with calm, peace and confidence, prepared to respond to whatever arises rather than merely reacting to situations that come up.

To summarize this week

To become a wiser leader:
• Invest your time in the best possible way as time never can be called back once it is gone.
• Focus on the small number of activities that contribute the greatest value to your life and your work.
• Learn to say NO to the various demands by having a strong anchored YES within you to guide you to what is of long-term importance.
• Focus your time and energy to the most important activities each day and ask yourself this question: “Is what I’m doing right now leading me to my most important goals in life”?
• Involve your team in the planning process.
• Invest time to support and help your employees develop and grow.
• Evaluate with regular intervals your progress by yourself and together with your group.
• Invest time to regularly “sharpen the blade of the axe” renewing and exercising your physical, social, mental, and spiritual dimensions!
• Begin your day in the best possible way by taking control of how you start the day and create a picture of this specific day.
• Act because only action makes dreams come true.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead using your most precious asset”.

I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead using your most precious asset the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 2

Wise leaders concentrate their time and energy to the 20% of activities that provides 80% of the outcome.

The main difficulty with prioritizing and making the most important first can be likened to the contrast between the clock and a compass.

The clock stands for meetings, the activities and commitments, what we do, and how we spend our time.

The compass is of direction, vision, values, principles, what is important for our leadership of ourselves and others.

Wise leaders also support their co-workers to constructively deal with time. The leader who makes their co-workers’ priorities to be consistent with the group’s most important choices will effective lead the work forward.

The leader is important for the co-worker as a sounding board on how they can be sure to use their time in the best possible way.

Wise leaders know how to invest their time to support and help their employees develop and grow.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead using your most precious asset”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead using your most precious asset the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad