Prioritize Your Business Goals: In Government Contracting, Time Management Is Key

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Time management is key for any business professional. But in the world of government contracting, with all its processes and players, not managing your business goals and daily tasks at an optimal level could end up costing you current government contracts, damage your reputation as a company and prevent you from delivering your products and services.

Before logging on or getting sucked into e-mail or other activities, prioritize your tasks for the day on paper – preferably a notebook where you can keep all your priorities together. Then, list “must do,” “should do” and “do not need to do today” tasks in clear groups.

After you have written down your tasks, take the “must do” tasks and turn them into “do it now” tasks.

By taking care of core priorities right away, you reduce the risk of distractions that will take you off-target and away from your business goals.

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Michael Hackmer is the founder of Social Web Tactics (www.socialwebtactics.com), a digital marketing and sales agency focused on providing businesses and organizations the ability to connect with their audience using the latest and most effective digital technologies and tools. He has been a speaker, consultant and marketing strategist for over 15 years. He also has worked in federal and state government relations, and managed industry affairs and association membership. He has developed digital and strategic marketing campaigns for companies including: Adobe, Deltek, HP, K12, Red Hat, Strayer University and more. He has helped non-profits and corporations with marketing automation solutions. He is originally born in Boston, MA. Graduated Phillips Academy, Andover in 1994. Received his B.A. in Politics from The Catholic University of America in 1998. Michael lives in Ashburn, Virginia with his wife and daughter. He loves to run, swim and travel throughout South America.

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1 Comment to “ Prioritize Your Business Goals: In Government Contracting, Time Management Is Key”

  1. Michael Hackmer says :
    August 30, 2013 at 11:41 am

    A person commented on the GovWin blog to this original post, “I’m a private sector contracts manager, and I have sticky notes galore, as well as an electronic “to do” list of major items for both me and my staff. I save the “to do” list weekly as a new file after recording what has been done and the status of pending items. That way I have a timeline of sorts to see what has been accomplished over the year. I also record long-range goals, and the weekly list allows me to see how the long-range projects tend to slip for the more immediate crises that tend to arise.”