As a CEO, your day often pulls you in multiple directions, from staff needs to administrative tasks and growth opportunities. On top of that, you bear executive responsibility for performance. Therefore, your schedule becomes incredibly valuable. Managing it can be not easy, even under ideal circumstances. However, the following tips can help you maintain control over your daily tasks and create more time to focus on growing your business.

Condense Your Meetings

One of the first places to look for additional time in your schedule is the bookends of every meeting you take. Whether in person or over Zoom, company meetings can be filled with space and waffles, eating into your day. By ensuring meetings are held concisely—limiting introductions and cutting end-of-meeting indecision or small talk—or even restricting your presence in meetings, you can return a significant amount of time to your schedule.

Travel Smart

As the face of your business, you may expect to see a fair amount of travel on your business’s behalf, whether meeting new partners, vetting new suppliers or opening up new avenues for operation. With so much time on the move, you and your schedule may struggle to complete any necessary tasks, so making intelligent travel choices is critical to your productivity. Hiring private jets to travel internationally can enable you to work safely and comfortably and minimize your time waiting in airports between flights. Similarly, being driven by a chauffeur for domestic engagements may seem like a luxury, but it can free you up to concentrate on your business while moving.

Create a Daily Routine

Several tasks are required of you daily, from emails to administrative work and executive sign-offs. These can quickly take up most of your day, affecting productivity with larger projects or planning. Creating a routine to contain these tasks can help you keep control of your day and schedule, limiting your time on tedious tasks to short periods between your more important work.

Delegate!

As a CEO, you are responsible for your company’s direction and administration. Leverage this leadership fully and effectively. Your position doesn’t mean you know more than your staff, especially about specific departments or processes. Since you are only one person, your workload should reflect that reality. Trust your team and delegate tasks to the appropriate managers and departments. Doing so will make managing your schedule and business significantly more accessible.

Make Time for a Break

As the CEO, you might view downtime as a luxury for slow days. However, failing to schedule breaks can harm your decision-making and productivity. Taking regular breaks leads to noticeable improvements in both productivity and mental health. These pauses help reduce stress and enable you to grow your company healthily and effectively.

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Ed Smith – Ed took a keen understanding of business through his studies and early business ventures. He now looks to advise start-ups and is extremely keen to make sure every entrepreneur gets the advice which could make their business venture a success. He has been a guest author on various high authority business sites.