title: Successful time management.
abstract: The payoff to successful time management is getting more out of your life and your career. This is accomplished by spending less time with your time robbers and more time on things that really have value to you. To gather data on how time management principles apply to clinical laboratory managers, in-depth surveys were conducted. These interviews produced some interesting findings about typical time robbers of clinical laboratory managers, as well as some innovative solutions. This article focuses on three principles of time management: Principle #1: Do Some Analysis of Your Use of Time. Principle #2: List Goals and Set Priorities. Principle #3: Plan Your Time Regularly.
authors.affiliation: Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ferner
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Deans
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010559:Personnel Management; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017748:Time Management; D014481:United States