The ultimate aim for any business is to make a profit, in order to aid growth in the future.

For an employee, however, priorities may be slightly different. 

Of course, we all want to help the business to succeed, but by doing that we want to hit our deadlines and targets, we want to be in control of our workload, and we want to enjoy the time we spend at our office desks at the same time.

We spend a large amount of time in the contemporary office setting, so of course, it needs to be pleasant and enjoyable to the biggest degree possible!

With that in mind, let’s explore a very interesting topic, which actually helps you to understand ways in which you can take control of your workload and therefore reduce stress, and feel better during your time at your desks!

What is Time Management And How Does it Affect Productivity?

To a business, productivity is output. It can be the number of units being sold, it can be the number of happy customers every month, it can be the number of targets being hit. Productivity is a very wide-ranging subject which is measured in very different ways by various business.

To an employee, productivity is the amount of work they’re doing every day, and how accurate it is. For instance, you can churn out task after task, but if you’re making mistakes and it’s full of inaccuracies, it’s not high quality and therefore you’re not productivity. In many ways you could say that you measure productivity by the number of tasks completed, minus the mistakes, to give you the full picture. 

Time management helps you to arrange the tasks you need to do in order to fit into your working hours, but also to ensure that you have enough time to spend on each one. You can pack in several tasks, but if you don’t give yourself a realistic amount of time to focus on each one, it’s not going to work. 

In that case, learning about time management strategies is vital. 

By doing this, you’re understanding how long each task takes, you’re scheduling things in according to that amount of time, and you’re also allowing a little breathing space, in case another urgent task comes your way unexpectedly. 

Of course, sitting at your executive chairs and trying to work as much as possible during a day can also cause stress. If you’re not in control of your time, you’ll find that it slips away far too easily, leaving you wondering how you’re going to fit the tasks in that you need to do. This means you’re going to be overwhelmed, stressed out, and therefore very unproductive. You’re also going to be unhealthy as a result. 

Using to do lists, scheduling, and other methods can help you to gain control, learn your specific productive times, and work everything into your schedule in a way which suits you.

This, ladies and gentlemen, makes you productive!

Everyone Works Differently 

It’s important to realise that one specific time management strategy may not work for you, but may work wonderfully well for your office neighbour, at their office desk. Everyone has their own personal way of working and that means that specific strategies will vary from person to person.

It really comes down to understanding the importance of time management and finding a way to manage your time which not only allows you to get more done in the hours you have but which also motivates you to achieve more at the same time. By doing that, you’re increasing your overall happiness and health, whilst ensuring that the business gets what it needs - productivity. 

Search around and look into different time management techniques. Trial a few and find out which work for you and which don’t. You’ll eventually settle on one or two which you can use on a regular basis, allowing you to feel fully in control of your workload on a daily basis.