Bob Williams

4 Questions To Ask About Aging “To Do” List Tasks

January 14th, 2010 | One comment | Tags: ,

Knowledge workers today are expected to process increasing amounts of information each day. If you’re like me then your “to do” list is a mile long and has tasks that are buried at the bottom and have been for some time. Whether by shifting business priorities, resource constraints, or simply a volume processing limitation, I just don’t seem to be able to get to some tasks. Task management can be a challenge.

I’m not one to carry and maintain a set of tasks if they are not relevant or don’t provide value to someone of something. I like to try to keep my “to do” list focused and relevant. So …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

How do you give adequate attention to tasks?

March 21st, 2009 | Leave a comment | Tags: ,

I struggled this week to keep up with my current task load while managing to deadlines and expectations. There were times that I thought that I was shortcutting some tasks because I needed to move on to other tasks. This thought resonated with me throughout the week and I’m curious how others handle task time.

Let’s say you have 5 active tasks and 4 of them are due at the end of the week. You start on task 1 and find yourself making quick decisions and hurrying to task 2 so that you can keep an adequate pace to complete all the tasks. At the end of the day …Continue reading >>