{"id":8316,"date":"2025-02-20T23:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/?p=8316"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:10:30","slug":"3-time-hacks-that-will-make-you-a-more-effective-leader-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/3-time-hacks-that-will-make-you-a-more-effective-leader-now\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Time Hacks That Will Make You a More Effective Leader Now."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How important is the connection between where you invest your time, and the velocity of forward momentum?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s everything.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Whether you\u2019re leading a small team, a department, or the entire organization, where you choose to invest your time will have a direct bearing on the likelihood that things will surge ahead.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what it looks like in practical terms.<\/p>\n

Your energy as a leader can be invested in any one of three \u201ctime accounts\u201d; the \u201chistory account\u201d, the \u201cpresent account\u201d and the \u201cfuture account\u201d. All three are important, and you as a leader need to spend\u00a0some time<\/em>\u00a0investing in each of these.<\/p>\n

The key to forward momentum, though, is in knowing how much of your energy to invest in each of these accounts.<\/p>\n

Here is a basic investment guide.<\/p>\n

The History Account<\/h2>\n

Activity in this account includes such practices as staff reviews, preparing or analyzing reports, and looking at last quarter\u2019s financials.<\/p>\n

Each of these activities has a place in the life of the leader, but in any given week aim to invest the least amount of your time here.<\/p>\n

The Present Account<\/h2>\n

Another word for this account is \u201coperations\u201d. This includes all of your organization\u2019s ongoing or immediate activities including most administrative functions.<\/p>\n

As a leader you must invest some time here, but don’t let this account suck up too much of your precious time investment.<\/p>\n

The Future Account<\/h2>\n

This is where momentum is driven. This is where vision happens. This is where dreams are birthed and nurtured.<\/p>\n

Activities here include developing future leaders, strategic planning and long-term goal setting.<\/p>\n

Effective leaders know they must invest their best time to this account. Arrange your schedule, and prioritize your activities, to allow yourself to make this your most significant time investment.<\/p>\n

There are seasons in your year when you\u2019ll invest more time in the History Account (such as year-end, or when preparing for an annual members meeting) as well as the Present Account (such as when conducting an off-site staff retreat).<\/p>\n

But these seasonal variations notwithstanding, use these time parameters to guide your energy investment strategy.<\/p>\n

The momentum dividends can be huge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How important is the connection between where you invest your time, and the velocity of forward momentum? It\u2019s everything. Whether you\u2019re leading a small team, a department, or the entire organization, where you choose to invest your time will have a direct bearing on the likelihood that things will surge ahead. Here\u2019s what it looks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,1024],"tags":[984,672,64],"class_list":["post-8316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action","category-leadership","category-momentum","tag-leadership","tag-momentum","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8319,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8316\/revisions\/8319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}