Day Of The Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Monday

Tuesday

What To Do

Stop Responding To Emails Immediately

Delegate Decisions

Eliminate Extra Approvals

Delete Unnecessary Commitments & Items from the “To Do” List

Eliminate Impossible Customers

Fewer and More Meaningful Meetings

Promote Top Staff

How To Do It

Batch Your Responses – Teach People When You’ll Be Available

Document How You Decide

Train & Trust Staff to Perform Quality Control

Prioritize 4-5 Critical Items: Everything Else Is “Wish List”

Charge More (Institute Procedures That Reduce Their Capacity To Waste Staff

Time) or Provide Less

Turn Meetings Into Task Sessions

Hire Carefully, Praise Success Liberally, Shift or Remove Those Who Can’t or

Won’t Perform

Staff Will Need

Permission To Act Without You, Clear Expectations About Keeping You

Informed

Time, Tools and Techniques to Make and Correct Mistakes; Trust and a Learning

Culture

Documented “Quality Standards” –Accountability for Meeting Them; Staff

Are Self-Motivated To Perform

Clear and Ongoing Communication Regarding Top Priorities & The Reasons

Behind Them

Clear Procedures, Empowerment To Change Them, Permission To Surface

Problems Without Being Blamed

Agenda, Interaction, Timekeeping, “Parking Lot,” Rules of Engagement –

and Everyone’s A Facilitator

Training, & A Vision That Enables Staff To Gain Personal Meaning from Achieving Professional Goals

Become An “Amazing Boss” Working Normal Hours – In 7 Business Days

Sources: Adapted from “10 Things Really Amazing Bosses Do” & “10 Ways To Permanently Streamline Your Workday,” both via Inc. Magazine, plus some personal input