
139 – Painless Time Log
Purpose/Objectives: Helping managers make more efficient use of their time
has become one of the mainstays of management
training. This exercise is a simple, effective, and inter-
esting way to demonstrate personal time management.
Participants are given the “painless time log” and asked
to record their work activities each day on a log sheet
(in 10-minute increments). Participants record their
activities for three typical workdays and tally their
times on the forms provided. Using their own judgment,
participants determine the reasonable time for each
activity and compare it against the actual time spent.
The “painless ...