Time - A False Economy

“Thanks for the Crafting Space article. Our workplace is so busy we dont have time to craft space.” 

“Your message was too late. I didn't craft space and it ended horribly. It's hard to find the time to do it well”

I got several messages like this after last week's blog.  It clearly hit a spot. They are right - Crafting Space takes time. And time is tight. Life is so jam packed, that we get fixated on the next action and it's hard to look ahead.

But how much time does it take to fix it when it goes wrong? 

Often when I'm coaching leaders, around 20% of their time is spent reacting to situations that could easily have been avoided with a little more upfront thinking and effort combined with more timely action. For around 5% more time invested up front, they get that 20% back. Net 15% gain. Investing the time up front is worth it.

The challenge is working out where those gains can be made. Sometimes we are too close to our own workload to see it clearly.