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Unit 11: Individuals and Self-Management

11.7.3 Communication Notes

The way how you can communicate information to others will determine your success.
Communication is one of the key self-management skills required for both personal
development and career advancement. Being able to efficient communicate any information
to other people means that you can share information with the minimized possible distortion
and in the fastest possible way. Productive employees always can efficiently communicate
with their colleagues and management because they comprehensively understand the value
of clearly and timely delivered information. So be sure you work on developing this skill
for self-management.
11.7.4 Time Management

Producing expected results in a timely manner defines the success of our effort. Time
management is an extremely important self-management skill that makes an employee be
more productive. There are a great variety of time management techniques that show you how
to develop this skill for self-management. Just use the web search to find plenty of them.
11.7.5 Memory
An ability to memorize events, names, facts, etc., allows an employee to remember about
everything he/she needs to do daily tasks and duties. Among other self-management skills
examples, committing to memory requires your personal effort for developing your mind
abilities. There are a lot of techniques for improving memory, so use the web search to find
them.
11.7.6 Physical Activity

Keeping your body in good shape is an example of a critical self-management skill. When
you feel healthy and have a robust nervous system, you can do more things and cope with
many challenges. Physical activity (like jogging, fitness, different sorts of sports, etc.) allows
you to strengthen your body, keep your muscles up, and be more productive.
11.7.7 How to be a Productive Employee

Here are few points for developing yourself management skills and abilities:
Make a task list: You cannot efficiently plan for anything having no to-do list. First you
need to make a task list and specify the key tasks for developing self-management skills
examples. Use task management software to create and manage your task list.
Prioritize tasks: Your to-do list may have a lot of tasks to do. But which tasks to do first?
To answer this question, you need to consider all the tasks in your task list and then set right
priorities. By prioritizing the tasks you can decide what examples of self-management skills
you will need to develop first (according to your current needs and employment requirements).
Schedule tasks: Scheduling allows you to set deadlines and timeframes for your tasks. Use
task management software to develop schedules and set task due dates for developing
self-management skills.
Be flexible: Regardless of your intentions and wishes, there will be days (caused by illness,
vacation, holidays, etc.) when the external world would not let you develop your examples
of self-management skills. That is why you need to be flexible to get everything done
through putting your tasks on hold and then returning back to the prioritized items on your
to-do list. You should not be frustrated and stressed out when you cannot do a task because
of some external factor (e.g. illness) – just put everything on hold and get back to your tasks
as soon as you get an occasion for developing self-management skills.

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