Where does all the time go?

Are you doing what you need to be doing to be successful?  Is your organization?  I think those are important questions to ask.

Too often, we just go along, doing what we usually do.  Whether in life or business, a little self-examination is a good thing.  It's a great thing when it's combined with real changes.

I'm sure there are things that each of us would like to improve in our own organizations.  We know what these things are too.  Maybe they have to do with our efficiency, innovation, or internal processes.  In many cases, we have a pretty good idea of what needs to change.  So what's the problem?  We get so caught up in the day-to-day that we never seem to find time to make the broader changes that would make things easier, better, or more successful in the long run.  This is nothing new.  We all know we need to do this, but don't do enough of it.

Here's what I've decided to do.  I'm going to take one (just one) area and address it.  In my case, it's meeting efficiency.  For every meeting we call, I'm going to make sure we understand the objective and spend a few minutes thinking through how best to achieve that objective, or if we need to be meeting at all.  This one "tweak" could pay big dividends.  Stay tuned to see how it goes.