# CEOs Share Time Management Strategies

> Nine CEOs reveal how they prioritize direct reports, leadership, and customers in their daily schedules.
- Title: CEOs Share Time Management Strategies · Inc | Shortify
- Summary: Nine CEOs reveal how they prioritize direct reports, leadership, and customers in their daily schedules. CEOs spend 25-50% of their time with direct reports…
- Keywords: ceo, time management, direct reports, leadership, customers, honeywell technologies, sage, pacsun, mission north, kapital, CEOs, Share
- Source: Inc — https://inc.com/stephanie-mehta/9-ceos-told-us-how-they-manage-their-time/91423974
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ceo, time management, direct reports, leadership, customers, honeywell technologies, sage, pacsun, mission north, kapital
## Leaders get lots of love
Nine ceos prioritize direct reports and senior leaders for 25-50 percent of their time.

> about 30 percent of her time, her biggest bucket, is spent with leadership in one-on-one sessions, weekly meetings, or strategic discussions
## Customers are another top priority
Vimal kapur spends 40 percent of his time with customers and partners, testing ideas before big decisions.

> this is the biggest portion of my time, and that’s by design
## Customer engagement strategy
Raj mehra spends 40 percent of his time with customers, showing attention through notebook meetings.

> i bring a notebook to meetings instead of my laptop so people have my full attention
## Hands-on leadership approach
René saúl spends 50 percent of his time engaging direct reports and teams across all business divisions.

> 50 percent of his time goes to engaging direct reports and their teams across every level and division of the business
## Key takeaway

CEOs spend 25-50% of their time with direct reports, senior leaders, and customers to maintain strategic focus.