Most people wish for more time, but what would you fill it with? If your answer is more of the same — more projects, more interruptions for requests from others, more checking email — then that’s like saying the solution to your cluttered garage is a second garage to fill up.

Instead, you need a system that lets you organize and invest your time more effectively so you can, as one manager described to us, “maintain progress on your longer-term goals while balancing the fires that occur on a daily basis.” Additionally, as more and more team members work remotely, effective time management is essential to ensure progress to achieve quality work, family, and self.