Welcome to your How Do You Value Other People’s Time?
1. I look upon the time of those who work for me as an extension of my own, to do with as I please
2. I frequently interrupt meetings in their offices, as I have first priority on their time
3. I regard job descriptions - that each position in an organisation has their own proper duties, responsibilities and authority - as a bureaucratic nonsense
4. When telephoning, I never check to see if my call is an unwanted interruption at that particular moment
5. I enjoy the sound of my own voice and I know that I am rather long winded at meetings
6. In the last month I can think of one occasion when I have kept someone waiting needlessly without telling them why
7. I’m aware of the quantity of time my staff put into their work (how many hours a day), but not the quality of the time they give
8. I have never reflected on the fact that other people’s time is as precious to them - or ought to be - as my time is to me
9. I do not show to potential or actual customers that I value their time. It’s their money I am after!
10. I frequently miss agreed deadlines, say that I will do things and then don’t do them, and have to be chased by others accordingly
