Biggest Challenges Faced By A CEO At A Digital Transformation Platform Company
As CEO of a digital transformation platform company, Michelle's biggest challenge is effectively managing time, especially amidst "a lot of urgent requests". The key is prioritizing personal time allocation and strategic delegation, ensuring employees use their time efficiently by providing guidance on whether a task requires "five minutes or five hours".
Time Management, Prioritization, Delegation, Leadership, Efficiency
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Michelle Tinsley
CEO
Digital Transformation Platform Company
University of Oregon
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey
Finance, Marketing
Consulting & Related Professional Services, Technology
Strategic Management and Executive
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Time management is a significant challenge, requiring prioritization and delegation to avoid over-involvement in tasks.
2. Efficiently allocating time involves assessing task complexity to guide team members on whether something requires a short or long time investment.
3. Time is viewed as the most precious asset, emphasizing the importance of using it wisely for both oneself and the team.
Transcript
What's your biggest challenge in your role?
I think it's managing my time. Certainly, you get a lot of urgent requests for things. It's easy to get over-involved with something.
So it's really trying to be clear for myself on what are the priorities of where I should be personally spending my time and what should I be delegating or just mixing all together. I don't want to waste my people's time either.
So really thinking through, is this something we could do in five minutes or five hours? I'm trying to give them that guidance upfront: don't spend five hours on this; it's a five-minute thing.
So really kind of watching that time, because that's really our most precious asset: our time.