Being more effective will increase your productivity and helps you to reach your goals more quickly. We have put together a few practical tips and strategies for increasing your effectiveness in your club. Learn how to streamline workflows and improve productivity.

Time Management Strategies

Effective time management is crucial for club managers to achieve their goals and drive their club's success. By implementing techniques to manage your time more effectively, you can improve productivity, streamline operations, and ultimately achieve better results.

Here are some techniques you can use:

  • Prioritising tasks: We recommend prioritising jobs based on urgency and importance and staying calm in low-priority tasks.

  • Minimising distractions: Do your best to minimise distractions, such as turning off notifications, batching tasks, and creating a distraction-free work environment. This can be very challenging at times running a club.

  • Delegating responsibilities: Delegation is a crucial skill for club managers. The ability to identify tasks that can be delegated, learning how to delegate effectively, and how to monitor progress are all important and require some forethought.


In addition to these techniques, we recommend looking into time management tools and resources to help you become more productive and achieve your goals. These may include:

  • Time tracking apps: Time tracking apps can help you understand how you're spending your time and identify areas where you can improve. Apps such as RescueTime and Toggl run in the background and keep track of how long you are spending on tasks and give you insightful reports.

  • Productivity apps: A range of productivity apps can help you stay organised, manage your tasks, and stay on top of deadlines. Trello and Asana are free handy tools to help you stay on top of your work, be organised, and remember important tasks. Never mind, they are fantastic delegation tools.

  • Time management training: Finally, following up with time management training is essential, which allows you to stay up-to-date with the latest techniques and tools. Two of our favourites are:

  1. Time Management Fundamentals on LinkedIn Learning: a course that covers the basics of time management, including prioritising tasks, managing distractions, and delegating responsibilities.

  2. Getting Things Done by David Allen: a book that provides a framework for managing tasks and projects and improving productivity.

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