So what’s on your action plan for today?

Do you have small things, big things a mixture of both perhaps?

Whatever you have on your action plan, is probably what you will achieve. The shorter term things (usually the easiest) will probably happen without too much drama, the mid sized things you may well chip at bit by bit… and the big ones, well hopefully all the efforts on the small and mid sized ‘bits’ will make the big ones easier!

Here are a 7 questions to ask yourself about your to do lists…

• What on my list is going to make things in the workplace easier, better etc?

• What things relate to marketing for future customer attraction?

• When do I write this list… At the end of the day to unwind and unload… or at the start of the day?

• When I want the list at any stage during the day, can I find it easily? Or does it get buried in the paperwork?

• How many of the things on the list can I delegate to others (outsource etc.)?

• Dos a list work for you? If not who can you delegate the list to, so those in your organisation that do follow lists, can follow what’s happening?

• Do you encourage others to have a list? If not and they are away sick or on holidays, how does anyone know where they are up to?

There, just a few thing sabout lists you may find useful… Remember “if its not in writing it never happened”( say the legal eagles), but in our case “if its not in writing it MAY never happen!)