| Strategic planning is all about developing strategies | | | | - Employees usually have at least 4 paid holidays. |
| from which your human capital can take the | | | | - Employees usually have at least 5 paid sick days. |
| necessary tactics or actions to achieve the desired | | | | - Employees waste at least 1 hour per day. |
| results such as to increase sales and profits. From | | | | - Many employees receive professional development |
| these strategies, organizations can increase their | | | | time. |
| human capital ROI while making their shareholders | | | | - Majority of employees (over 70%) are not totally |
| "happy campers." | | | | engaged on the job. |
| However, the continuing obstacle to improving the | | | | When analyzing the above facts, most employees are |
| performance of a company's human capital is the | | | | actually being paid for 100% of their time while only |
| constant of time. A recent survey by the Wall St. | | | | delivering a 27% output. Therefore, employers must |
| Journal indicated that time was a 3 to 1 greatest need | | | | leverage every single second to reap a positive return |
| for today's busy individuals. With information doubling | | | | on their human capital investment to increase the |
| every year and those today experiencing more | | | | bottom line. |
| change in one year than their grandparents | | | | Since time is a constant, time management is really a |
| experienced during their entire lifetimes, validates the | | | | symptom about ineffective self-management and |
| need for effective time management. | | | | should be about individual leadership development. |
| When we look at time through the eyes of the | | | | When time management is approached from a |
| strategic plan and human capital, we can discover the | | | | development perspective and is part of the overall |
| following: | | | | human capital critical goal category within the strategic |
| - Employees work 260 days. | | | | plan, then human capital ROI is quickly achieved |
| - Employees have at least 30 minutes per work day | | | | because you begin to address the real problems and |
| for breaks or lunch. | | | | realize greater profits. |
| - Employees usually have at least 2 weeks vacation. | | | | |