You started your business with few people. Human relations, even if with a small number of people, are not easy, the more your business grows, the more you will have to adopt appropriate behaviors.
While it is necessary to dedicate time to your colleagues, certain habits can quickly become time-consuming and waste your time. Focus on some methods that can allow you to save time in your relationships with others.
Learn to say no
You don’t have to respond positively to every request. You can of course help by completing a quick task. However, it is not a question of wasting your time on useless activities that others can carry out without your help. You don’t have to accept everything and just because you don’t say yes to everything doesn’t mean your colleagues will consider you a bad manager! Simply explain that you do not have time to receive him for example at that time, he will perfectly understand that you are not available because you have other files to deal with but add that as soon as your schedule allows you will allow you to come back to him.
Learn to delegate
Managers tend to have difficulty delegating… If you want to be able to keep your head above water at least, it is wise to delegate tasks that take up your time and for which you have no added value. Look at the tasks you have to carry out, particularly those that you have the least control over or which are too time-consuming. Some colleagues may be more competent than you and you could save some time. It’s sometimes difficult but learn to trust your colleagues! You might be surprised at the results.
Be attentive
Listening to your interlocutors without thinking of anything else or carefully reading an email that you receive are some of the habits to impose on yourself. Misunderstood information or an email read too quickly can mislead you and cause you to waste considerable time because you run the risk of making a mistake when carrying out a task. Apart from the time wasted performing this task incorrectly, you could waste time redoing a file or calling back a client. Pay full attention to what you are doing! Get out of the habit of forwarding without reading carefully. Transfers are often the source of many misunderstandings.
Pass on your methods to your colleagues
Do you have any effective time-saving techniques? So much the better ! Don’t forget that you are working in an organization and that they can be useful to other people, but they will prove even more effective if you are not the only one to apply them! Take time to explain to your employees what they can do to also be more productive by passing on your best practices. It’s a safe bet that your efforts will bear the desired results. But also ask employees who have expertise to help others.
Stop friendly but clingy colleagues
Some employees tend to waste your time, all the time. While it can be nice from time to time to share a moment of relaxation and find out what they did this weekend, it is hardly wise to let them vent about all the current topics. You also shouldn’t waste time validating their work, task after task. If your door must remain open and you must remain attentive, it is sometimes necessary to learn to close your door sometimes or to show that you are not necessarily available at all times. You also have files to process and can clearly indicate the times when you make yourself available to your colleagues.
