Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Tech time takes a big bite out of the day

Will Forsythe of the CEO Forum shared this analysis of the INC Magazine feature on the 500 fastest growing companies.

You might be surprised at how much of the day is eat up by tech, even at the highest levels in companies.

"Summary:  The average CEO worked an average 13-hour work day.  Since most CEOs I know work some hours on the weekend as well, I am assuming a 70-hour work week.

  • 3 hours selling and talking to customers--23%
  • 3 hours in meetings and talking with employees--23%
  • 2 hours emailing--15%
  • 5 hours other and misc.--39%"
At 2 hours per day, that's a minimum of 10 hours per week, or a full week of time each month.

Something to think about when you're short on time - like maybe let the email wait a while and spend your time in better ways?

2 comments:

Josh Houghtelin said...

Rather then waiting or putting email off a better suggestion might be to learn how to flex tech to your advantage such as staying current with your incoming email via your mobile handset. Wikipedia's definition of technology suggests technology solves a problem so I think we should just use tech more intelligently, not less. Anyway, I was looking for some statistics on tech usage and have yet to find a really useful source - where did Will get his from?

Computer Clarity © 2004 said...

Thanks for your insights, Josh.
You can contact Will Forsythe at The CEO Forum here: http://www.theceoforum.us/.
He was quoting an INC Magazine article on the 500 fastest growing companies.

Helen Gallagher