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At a recent Leaders Virtual Roundtable, John Bull of Management Futures shared three frameworks to help members make better use of their working week.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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By John Portch<\/h6>\n
Successful leaders tend to have more time on their hands.<\/h6>\n

That is according to John Bull, the Head of High Performance Research at Management Futures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat feels like a paradox, but when you get to the heart of it, it\u2019s because they make some interesting decisions about where they focus their attention,\u201d he told a recent Leaders Virtual Roundtable while presenting on the topic of how leaders set priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a challenge of resource allocation,\u201d Bull continued, breaking it down into a question of money and, as he would explain during the session, time and energy. \u201cWhere you invest your time and energy as a leader affects the team and it affects the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

He argued that those leaders with seemingly lots of time on their hands tend to:<\/p>\n