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Time Management - Types of Time Managers

The document describes four types of time managers: dominant, initiative, steady, and conscientious. Each type is characterized by different approaches to time management and priorities. The document provides advice for each type to improve their time management skills, such as setting priorities, avoiding interruptions, keeping deadlines in mind, and focusing on outcomes rather than details or perfectionism. It also includes signs that one's time management could be improved and common barriers to effective time management.

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Time Management - Types of Time Managers

The document describes four types of time managers: dominant, initiative, steady, and conscientious. Each type is characterized by different approaches to time management and priorities. The document provides advice for each type to improve their time management skills, such as setting priorities, avoiding interruptions, keeping deadlines in mind, and focusing on outcomes rather than details or perfectionism. It also includes signs that one's time management could be improved and common barriers to effective time management.

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Time management – Types of time managers

Type of time manager Characteristics Advice for improvement


Dominant time – Always focuses on objectives – Set priorities!
– Always thinks analytically – Do not underestimate needed amount
manager – Wants everything to be done immediately of time for each project
– Does not tend to procrastination – Being patient with colleagues
– Dominates dicussions – Being less competitive and more
– Hates boring work or mental underload collegial
– First think, then act!
– Relax 

Initiative time – Sets objectives spontaneously – End one task before starting the next
– Accepts new, intersting tasks one
manager – Realtionships more important than being – Avoid being interrupted
in time or being well-organised – Be on time
– Concentrates on actual situation – Do not waste your time for
– Often changes priorities unimportant tasks
– Wants to handle too much tasks at the – Make up a list with priorities
same time – Structure every day
– Plans very optimistically, tends to – Clean up desk
spontaneous actions – Avoid private interruptions
– Can’t say no
– Very spontaneous and sociable, prefers
chatting over working
– Is often late and not well prepared

Steady time manager – See time as an enemy – Improve efficiency of procedures


– Sees time pressure al negative stress – Confer to other more often in order to
– Likes to set priorities to establish order agree upon activities and priorities
and safety – Realize problems and solve them
– Needs time to think tasks through (professional and private!)
– Tends to be well-organised – Start to work earlier to avoid time
– Avoids to say no in order to avoid pressure
confrontation – Think more about the outcome than
– Is on time, but not dominant in discussion about the effort
– Keep deadlines in mind
– Accepts changes as something
enriching in your life
– Be confident - say “no” more often

Conscientious time – Tend to lose themselves in details – Do not use too much time for planning
– Always needs more time than others – there may not be enough time for
manager – Makes extensive, detailed plans for every realization!
kind of activity – Focus on outcome, not on
– Sets too much priorities perfectionism
– Does say no when something does not fit – You can’t avoid any kind of risk!
the concept – Do not use too much time on
– Presentations are often unclear and analyzing things
circumstantial – Set deadlines!
– Desk is cleaned up – Set realistic aims!
– Observes rules very accurately – Scale down expectations towards
yourself
– Rules are not the most important
thing in life!
Handout: time management – self assessment

Signs your time management might leave room for improval

• Being late for work or meetings. • Procrastinating.

• Thinking negatively. • Multitasking.

• Resisting change. • Engaging in self-sabotage.

• Making rash decisions. • Micromanaging.

• Being defensive. • Being a maladaptive perfectionist.

Barriers to effective time management

• Disorganisation • Periods of inactivity

• Unclear objectives • Unexpected changes

• One can’t say “no” • Stress

• Interruptions • Time thieves

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