Dr. Eva Bilhuber Galli from The Partnering Leadership Academy welcomes the audience: "Welcome to your Partnering Leadership Academy podcast. This podcast series is designed to share insights, experiences, and practical guidance from experts on various aspects of partnering leadership. Thank you for tuning in. Hello everyone."

In the hectic world of work, time is often at the center of attention as an extremely scarce resource. It's no wonder that most of us strive to optimize its use.

The discourse on the efficiency of time, work, and meeting management is considered one of the most important challenges in our contemporary professional world: Whether we consider the time-pressed nurse caring for patients, the overwhelmed banker or engineer struggling with documentation tasks, or the manager juggling a busy 16-hour day with two meetings, the quest for effective time management is universal.

Not unexpectedly, time conflicts are a common issue in professional collaboration and partnership. Frustration over unproductive meetings, the strain of impossibly tight deadlines or disagreements over the timing of critical activities such as product launches are all indicative of these challenges. So what can leaders do about it?

Join us in this podcast as we explore the labyrinth of modern time management, guided by the insights of Anna Jelen, a renowned Swiss-Swedish keynote speaker, podcaster, coach, author and artist, dubbed the "Time Expert" by her listeners.

Our conversation reveals a profound truth: effective time management goes beyond the mere mechanics of timekeeping and productivity. Instead, it depends on the alignment of shared purpose and values that we all too often fail to put consequently on our agendas.

This intriguingly paradoxical insight reveals that when we find congruence with our core human values, the dominance of time recedes and we enter a state of flow where time becomes a well-invested resource.

Effective time management therefore lies not just in time-saving techniques, but in the artful curation of ‘alive’ moments. We need to make conscious choices about how and where we invest our time, rather than simply trying to hoard it. For partnering leadership this means that by respecting (or disrespecting) the time of others, we actually respect (or disrespect) their human values.

In this context, the importance of carving out dedicated temporal spaces to nurture shared human values within partnerships may become the best time management. These intangibles - such as fostering connectedness, building trust and nurturing joy - are the keystones that strengthen the foundations of any collaboration.

Dive into our lively conversation as we travel through the landscapes of time and how to make it a companion, not an enemy. Embrace the revelation that mastery of time isn't limited to its preservation, but thrives in synchrony with shared purpose and the values that define our humanity. This is its true essence.

• If you would like to learn more about Anna Jelen’s creative work, you are welcome to visit her ⁠Homepage⁠, screen her ⁠programs and events⁠, or follow her over ⁠Instagram⁠
• Subscribe to her monthly free calls or her ⁠podcast⁠ “The time expert” (English) or ⁠“HeschZiit?” ⁠(German)
• If you’d like to learn more about the mentioned Partnering Leadership Academy offerings, here you’ll find the links: ⁠The “Follow-up Meeting Guide”⁠, or the Online Course and Workshop Kit on how to facilitate a successful “⁠Finding Shared Purpose⁠” session.

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