If you could reduce wasted time by just five minutes every hour, productivity would jump 8.3 percent. Efficiency levels would also rise as staff members began to devote more time to completing critical tasks. The Time Mastery^� Profile is a complete assessment tool that helps individuals set priorities and manage time more effectively by evaluating their effectiveness in 12 critical areas:

The Skill Gap analysis shows the relative ranking of your skill ratings in each Time Mastery category, as compared to how you ranked its importance to your job. Read on to learn more about how to apply this information to build your own Time Mastery Action Plan.

The categories are shaded differently depending on where they fall in the table. Darker shading means that you rated yourself lower on those skills and ranked them as more important to your job. You may be most interested in focusing on these categories to improve your time management skll.

The advantages of efficient time efficiency go beyond squeezing more tasks into the work day. In companies with successful time-management strategies, teams meet project deadlines more often and managers spend more time pursuing opportunities — and less time struggling with paperwork or attending unproductive meetings. These organizations serve more customers without adding staff, equipment, and office space.

In today’s streamlined, fast-moving workplace, it’s more important than ever to make the most of every day. The Time Mastery Profile helps individuals and teams develop customized strategies for improving productivity and increasing efficiency.