Consumption of Time and Time Management

Thursday, November 10, 2011

I have to admit that this year time has gone faster than ever before and quicker than I ever expected. I have enjoyed most of time, although I have had demanding months behind my back. Well, I still have my head above the waterline despite few dips in the cold water.

There have been difficult moments when I’ve been thinking that these studies are just beyond my comprehension. The modules during last spring were filled with numbers and calculations of issues whose existence was completely new territory to my understanding and knowledge. EMBA studies have exacted not only time, but also focusing on the whole entirety. It certainly has been a sense of occasion to pass a module.

So, how have I survived? I see a great similarity to practising good leadership. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. While everything seemed to be in order, I started to do concrete actions to manage time consumption before life would spin out of control. I started to prioritize, organize and delegate. This means cutting down on vacation, TV time and social life and basically many activities which act as a good counterbalance to work and studies. Still there are things that I am not ready cut down, like time with my kids, full 8 hours of sleep and sporting. Without those, I loose effectiveness and feel like I would have lost part of myself.

There are no other physicians in our EMBA group and I have to admit that a wish we had more case studies and examples from health care field. At the moment I am excited about business strategy project, which is made by a team and our team project is focused in medical field. It is a good feeling to have competence from previous career experience and I am more than ready to utilize it in this project. However, I have noticed that different industry fields have same methods, rules and regulations and how they function in the very same way after all.

After finishing Med School I learned that school gives you basic skills and tools and I had to do learn how to use the equipment. EMBA modules and study books give many tools to become a better leader. I can see myself again in a position standing in the beginning of a new career practising to use the equipment.

Yours,
Pippa

Pippa Laukka started her Aalto Executive MBA studies in the beginning of 2011.

1 comments:

Clocking In said...: The importance of time management would strike you at some point of your career. You would be inundated with work, and you will need to evaluate how to manage your time.; December 1, 2011 12:01 PM

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Pippa Laukka, Aalto Executive MBA student
Pippa Laukka wants to make hospital a better place. She is passionate about making things work. Besides EMBA studies, her new field is to co-ordinate construction of her family's house. She is an active mother of three, loves running and hates snakes.

Riitta Lumme-Tuomala, Senior Advisor at Aalto EE
Riitta Lumme-Tuomala is the proud mother of two y-generation daughters. She is very curious and enthusiastic about and interested in a myriad of things. On the top of her list is leadership from many angles; what will be required from leaders in the future (and, mind you, already today...) CSR, social media and the digital revolution in general, how are different generations working together in organizations near and far just to mention a few items of interest. She is a keen reader, rider, golfer and skier and loves cooking and entertaining friends around the dinner table. Whenever possible she travels, most often to her beloved Paris and listens to music almost all the time, mostly alternative and heavy metal.

Pekka Mattila, Group Managing Director at Aalto EE
Dr. Pekka Mattila is the Group Managing Director of Aalto University Executive Education, the Associate Dean, Executive Education at Aalto University and an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Aalto University School of Economics. He is a specialist in strategic marketing and change management. He is an acknowledged advisor and coach for both Finnish and international corporations, public sector organizations and NGOs. Over the last years Pekka Mattila has published actively on marketing management, change management and leadership. Presently, Mattila serves i.e. as the Chairman of the Board of Helsinki Week Foundation and a Member of the Board at Helsingin OP Pankki Oyj.

Jani Pulkkinen, Aalto MBA student
Jani Pulkkinen is a proud father of a small daughter and a loving husband. His goal in life is to develop himself as a human being, both as a professional and individual. During his free time, he enjoys traveling with family and reading to learn more about contemporary issues. Jani is said to be friendly and irritatingly positive even when the odds are unfavorable. He employs this feature in his personality when he tries new recipes in kitchen. He would like to work out more often; physical exercise has a special place in his heart. When he was growing up, he wanted to be a historian and history is still his favorite topic. During work hours, Jani is occupied with acquisition and ownership change financing.

Tomi Tietäväinen, MBA Coordinator at Aalto EE
Tomi Tietäväinen feels like he's on the set of ”making of” Better Leaders. He sees and feels the future nearly daily basis while taking care of MBA students at Aalto EE. He is interested in different aspects of things and loves to find alternate views on day to day matters. He gets to see the human aspect of studying, not just the glittering promotional material point of view. Tomi is a proud “almost husband” of one, walks 8 minutes to the office daily and is accused of being unnaturally energetic the first thing in the morning. He loves to cook, travel, talk, and make people see the other side of the issue at hand. Sometimes he gets lost, laughs at himself, and usually finds his way back.