Do you ever find yourself having to accomplish many tasks simultaneously? I’ve been in that situation for most of my working years. Yes it is certainly a pain to do just that. Your stress level will surely increase. But I take things positively, by that I learn alot and also “grow” rapidly. Concidentally your stress tolerance level increases. Sometimes I scare myself and what more my staff.
Anyways this book titled Managing Multiple Projects written by Irene and Michael Tobis helps you to see the big picture, sustain productivity and meet commitments reliably. The books states, as a manager you need to be a master juggler, responsible for keeping several balls in the air even as new balls are randomly tossed in from all sides. Very true. You will never know what’s coming to you. So this book really tells you the techniques to handle all this…sometimes prioritization doesn’t work as you may not know the load of task that you have committed. Therefore you may become overloaded if you have already committed to the tasks, whether you know it or not. So it is very important to know beforehand the current load of your teams’ tasks before committing.
Knowing the big picture is important too. As a leader you need to see where or to what your projects are leading to. By that you may know how to assign and managed assigned tasks. Ideally, each team member should reach 100% productivity capacity. But that’s not always the case.
I like the book as it is simple, with a lot of tips. I recommend this book if you are managing a team and have lots of tasks to accomplish.
About the Book:
Managing Multiple Projects
Authored by Irene Tobis and Michael Tobis
Published by McGrawHill
ISBN 0071388966
212 pages
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