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Slowing Down For The Holidays

Slowing Down For The Holidays
by Michelle LaBrosse

For many businesses, winter is a busy and frenetic time of the year. It just so happens that the need for increased productivity — whether it's to finish end-of-the-year projects, or adjusting to increased demand for your product — also coincides with fewer work days to do the work, since many holidays fall during this time.

A good manager has the time management, decision-making and organizational skills to lead her team through this challenging time of the year. She also has another important quality that is too frequently overlooked when defining what makes an excellent manager: patience.

As we head into the hectic final month at 2016, it's important to remember to slow down — not in terms of productivity, but rather in how you think and approach your work. In this month's column, we explore the benefits of showing patience as a project manager. We show how slowing down can help you and your team better realize your goals, assess potential risks and set priorities.

1. Goal realization

People who are impatient are often also impulsive. They set goals — usually big ones — but they don't take the time to break down how they will pursue these goals into smaller, more attainable steps. Instead, they tend to jump right in. And before long, make mistakes that could have easily been prevented with a bit of planning.

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