The ART of Time Management

The ART program will lead you through a 60-item survey that will help you Analyze your time management skills and habits on twelve different Time Management topics:

  • Objectives
  • Projects
  • Activities
  • Priorities
  • Crisis
  • Analysis
  • Paperwork
  • Interruptions
  • Meetings
  • Delegation
  • Team Time
  • Personal Time

After completing the survey, you will print out a Report that helps you understand the results of your Analysis. Your Report describes your current time habits and skills that are serving you well. You will also learn about opportunities to improve how you use your time and how to perform better.

After reading your Report, you will know which of the forty-three Tool modules contained in the ART of Time Management program you want and need to study. The Tool modules help you discover the time and performance skills you need to reinforce and those needed to fulfill your time and performance improvement opportunities.

How can you lose? All of this is built into one assessment program.

The ART of Time Management does not load onto your hard drive. It is a totally automated, easy to use, online assessment learning program. The ART of Time Management program computes your Analysis scores - creates your Report - provides you the forty-three Tool modules and all of the forms you need to improve your time management skills.

Why not take the first step to making significant improvements in mastering your time and improving your performance? Add the ART of Time Management to your educational experiences.

Instructions

This profile will take approximately 8-10 minutes to complete. 
It consists of 60 statements. Read each of the statements.
Then choose the statement (from Never to Always)
that best describes your time management skills and habits.

    Price for this assessment: $39.99

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    Objectives
    1. I have written work objectives that are clear, achievable and measurable.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    2. I struggle when organizing work on complex and/or long-term objectives.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    3. Those interested agree on the priorities of my work objectives.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    4. I monitor changing conditions at work that require re-writing my objectives.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    5. I have performance reviews of the progress on my work objectives.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
     
    Projects
    6. I use project mapping techniques to help organize all project work.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    7. I try to gain agreement on my projects’ priorities among those interested.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    8. I assign an "A", "B", or "C" importance code to each of my projects.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    9. Before even starting projects, I have scheduled all of their required activities.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    10. Team projects are unorganized because of little team member participation.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
     
    Activities
    11. I know the priority value for each of my individual work activities.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    12. I estimate time requirements for my work activities and check their accuracy.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    13. I sequence related work activities to ensure their orderly, timely completion.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    14. I anticipate work responsibilities to change and alter my activities accordingly.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    15. I complete work activities at the last minute or after their due dates.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
     
    Priorities
    16. I am happy with the balance of priorities between my work and personal lives.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    17. I use importance and urgency, not importance vs. urgency, to rank priorities.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    18. I use leading indicators (such as progress on goals and projects, customer buying trends, changing technologies, etc.)to signal when my priorities need to be up-dated.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    19. I let my priorities become urgent with deadlines that frustrate me.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    20. I procrastinate priorities, if difficult, long-term or unpleasant.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
     
    Crises
    21. When in crises, I identify and analyze both their causes and their symptoms.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    22. I determine early if crises have uncontrollable causes or controllable causes.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    23. I use well planned and effectively implemented resolutions to crises.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    24. I follow up on implemented solutions to crises until they are fully resolved.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    25. I procrastinate difficult and unpleasant tasks until they become crises.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
     
    Analysis
    26. I use time logs and other methods to analyze and eliminate timewasters.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    27. I analyze how my time is allocated to my priorities.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    28. I analyze interruptions -- who interrupts, when, about what, and how long.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    29. I analyze paperwork and E-mail to process them more effectively and efficiently.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    30. I analyze the value of my work time on a dollar and cent per-minute basis.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
     
    Paperwork
    31. I schedule the time to open and complete paperwork and E-mail on time.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    32. I sort my paperwork and E-mail into categories for further processing.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    33. I file paperwork and E-documents in folders and easily can find what is filed.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    34. I am up-to-date in reading for my daily work, profession and industry.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    35. I use word processing or dictation software, rather than longhand.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
     
    Interruptions
    36. I try to arrange mutually convenient times for phone calls and visits.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    37. I screen the purpose of phone calls and drop-in visits.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    38. Before calling or visiting someone, I plan and sequence my discussion topics.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    39. I socialize with callers and visitors, rather than focusing on topics related to work.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    40. I wait for the person who has called or dropped-in to end the call or visit.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
     
    Meetings
    41. Advance meeting agendas are distributed to all meetings’ participants.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    42. Expected meeting attendees arrive late or are absent without giving notice.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    43. All meeting attendees have the knowledge and abilities to be contributors.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    44. Attendee participation at our meetings is out of balance and uncontrolled.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    45. Meeting participants’ assignments and follow-up responsibilities are clarified.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
     
    Delegation
    46. Delegation of responsibility, authority and accountability is planned well.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    47. Delegated work is matched to subordinates’ knowledge, skills and interests.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    48. A directive, not participative, approach is used to delegate and clarify tasks.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    49. Bosses meddle in work they have delegated to their subordinates.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    50. There is timely follow-up on delegated assignments to detect problems.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
     
    Team Time
    51. I consider how doing my share of the team’s work affects the team.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    52. Preventable team crises are minimized by cooperative team planning.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    53. I assess how doing my team paperwork and E-mail affects team performance.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    54. I consider how my interrupting team members affects their performance.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    55. I consider how my procrastinating affects the performance of team members.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
     
    Personal Time
    56. I am disappointed with the amount and quality of time I devote to my family.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    57. Work interferes with my time for spiritual, religious and moral development.
    Always - Routinely    Frequently    Occasionally    Rarely - Never   
    58. I eat right, exercise and have routine physical exams.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    59. I set aside time for both short-term and long-term personal financial planning.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   
    60. I spend the time needed for personal and professional development.
    Never - Rarely    Occasionally    Frequently    Routinely - Always   

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